God Cannot Alter The Past, Though Historians

They Say The Test Of Literary Power Is Whether A Man Can Write An Inscription. I Say, "can He Name A Kitten?"

Books Want To Be Born: I Never Make Them. They Come To Me And Insist On Being Written, And On Being Such And Such.

The Youth Of An Art Is, Like The Youth Of Anything Else, Its Most Interesting Period. When It Has Come To The Knowledge Of Good And Evil It Is Stronger, But We Care Less About It.

When A Man Is In Doubt About This Or That In His Writing, It Will Often Guide Him If He Asks Himself How It Will Tell A Hundred Years Hence.

The Worst Thing That Can Happen To A Man Is To Lose His Money, The Next Worst His Health, The Next Worst His Reputation.