The Less A Tourist Knows, The Fewer

I Hate Photographs Abstractly, Because They Have Given Me More Ideas Perversely And Immovably Wrong, Than I Ever Should Get By Imagination.

The Work Of Internal Government Has Become The Task Of Controlling The Thousands Of Fifth-rate Men.

I Have Written Too Much History To Have Faith In It; And If Anyone Thinks I'm Wrong, I Am Inclined To Agree With Him.

If It Were Worth While To Argue A Paradox, One Might Maintain That Nature Regards The Female As The Essential, The Male As The Superfluity Of Her World. Perhaps The Best Starting-point For Study Of The Virgin Would Be A Practical Acquaintance With Bees, And Especially With Queen Bees.

I Would Rather Starve And Rot And Keep The Privilege Of Speaking The Truth As I See It, Than Of Holding All The Offices That Capital Has To Give From The Presidency Down.