A biography for John Mason Brownhasn’t been written yet.
“America is a land where men govern, but women rule.”
“He played the king as if afraid someone else would play the ace.”
“The critic is a man who prefers the indolence of opinion to the trials of action.”
“The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.”
“Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.”
“The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.”
“Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.”
“No one is worthy of a good home here or in heaven that is not willing to be in peril for a good cause.”
“I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.”
“A good conversationalist is not one who remembers what was said, but says what someone wants to remember.”
“So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's economies.”
“The more one has seen of the good, the more one asks for the better.”
“How prophetic L'Enfant was when he laid out Washington as a city that goes around in circles!”