Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.
There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
There is no sincerer love than the love of food.
There is no satisfaction in hanging a man who does not object to it.
We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.
You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.
Youth is wasted on the young.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
A fashion is nothing but an induced epidemic.
A broken heart is a very pleasant complaint for a man in London if he has a comfortable income.
You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.