All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

A mask tells us more than a face.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

The value of an idea has nothing to do with the success of the man who expresses it

Missionaries are going to reform the world whether it wants to or not

The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.