He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. - James Gibbons Huneker

Our country has liberty without license, and authority without despotism. She rears no wall to exclude the stranger from coming among us. She has few frowning fortifications to repel the invader, for she is at peace with all the world.

Barry supported the lady, whose voice was not powerful enough for the big auditorium. I asked him how she succeeded—I was at another theatre. "Obscene but not heard," he answered.

Great art is an instant arrested in eternity.