Henry Brooks Adams

Morality is a private and costly luxury

Morality is a private and costly luxury

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends read more

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence -- beginning with one's own.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the
morning of the last Sunday of October, read more

The new church of St. John's, on Fifth Avenue, was thronged the
morning of the last Sunday of October, in the year 1880. Sitting
in the gallery, beneath the unfinished frescoes, and looking down
the nave, one caught an effect of autumn gardens, a suggestion of
chrysanthemums and geraniums, or of October woods, dashed with
scarlet oaks and yellow maples.