Die before you die, there is no chance after.

We do not want to merely “see” beauty. We want to be united with it, to receive it into ourselves, to become part of it.

Being in love is a good thing, but it is not the best thing. There are many things below it, but there are also things above it. You cannot make it the basis of a whole life. It is a noble feeling, but it is still a feeling. Now no feeling can be relied on to last in its full intensity, or even to last at all. Knowledge can last, principles can last, habits can last; but feelings come and go.

I dread specialists in power because they are specialists speaking outside of their special subject.

Did I hate him, then? Indeed, I believe so. A love like that can grow to be nine-tenths hatred and still call itself love.

This must be a simply enormous wardrobe!

It is a very funny thing that the sleepier you are, the longer you take about getting to bed.