"Just as work is the curse of the drinking classes of this country,"…

... truth was a mortal enemy of beauty.

Strong men are made by opposition; like kites they go up against the wind.

Happiness is not essential to the artist; happiness never creates anything but memories.

There is no reason why a woman should not receive the same pay for the same work as a man. To argue otherwise is to argue against justice.

How still the morning of the hallow'd day! Mute is the voice of rural labour, hush'd The ploughboy's whistle, and the milkmaid's song.

It is neither capital nor labor but management that brings success, since management will attract capital, and capital can employ labor.