If you have a religion it must be cosmic.

The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he is saying exactly that.

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.

Mortal lovers must not try to remain at the first step; for lasting passion is the dream of a harlot and from it we wake in despair.

What does not satisfy when we find it, was not the thing we were desiring.

Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even agony into a glory

Gone! ...And you and I quite crestfallen.