There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.

Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.

Frank and explicit - that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

It shows you exactly how a star is formed; nothing else can be so pretty! A cluster of vapor, the cream of the milky way, a sort of celestial cheese, churned into light.

There is anguish in the recollection that we have not adequately appreciated the affection of those whom we have loved and lost.

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.