Townsend Harris

The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war.

If war should break out between England and Japan, the latter would suffer much more than the former.

The nations of the West hope that by means of steam communication all the world will become as one family.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

You have to have really wide reading habits and pay attention to the news and just everything that's going on in the world: you need to. If you get this right, then the writing is a piece of cake.

Those who prepared for all the emergencies of life beforehand may equip themselves at the expense of joy.