Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

Purity of mind and idleness are incompatible.

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the read more

I love luxury. And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity. Vulgarity is the ugliest word in our language. I stay in the game to fight it.

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years read more

As always, the British especially shudder at the latest American vulgarity, and then they embrace it with enthusiasm two years later.

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

No crime is vulgar, but all vulgarity is crime

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.

To endeavor to work upon the vulgar with fine sense is like attempting to hew blocks with a razor.

That water which wall from some Alpine height is dashed, broken,
and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by read more

That water which wall from some Alpine height is dashed, broken,
and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by its fall.
[It., Quell' onda, che ruina
Dalla pendice alpina,
Balza, si frange, e mormora
Ma limpida si fa.]

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

I'm as pure as the driven slush.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Think with the wise, but talk with the vulgar.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of taste.