Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
Learn as much by writing as by reading.