A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.

When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others or in ourselves, then are we condemned to misery, and clear thinking can begin.

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.

In youth the life of reason is not in itself sufficient; afterwards the life of emotion, except for short periods, becomes unbearable.

Promise is the capacity for letting people down.