America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up.

Of course I need not remind you how fluid a thing thought is with me-- with us all-- and of what an evanescent substance are our emotions made.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

We teach people how to remember, we never teach them how to grow.

He did not wear his scarlet coat, For blood and wine are red, And blood and wine were on his hands When they found him with the dead.

I have invented an invaluable permanent invalid called Bunbury, in order that I may be able to go down into the country whenever I choose.