Which of us is not saying to himself which of us has not been saying to himself all his life: " I shall alter that when I have a little more time"? We never shall have any more time. We have, and we have always had, all the time there is.

If egotism means a terrific interest in one's self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living.

To my mind the most poignant mystical exhoration ever written is "Be still and know that I am God."

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists.

Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.

As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.