When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.

The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.

For us to go to Italy and to penetrate into Italy is like a most fascinating act of self-discovery

If a novel reveals true and vivid relationships, it is a moral work, no matter what the relationships consist in. If the novelisthonours the relationship in itself, it will be a great novel.

Men live in glad obedience to the masters they believe in, or they live in a frictional opposition to the master they wish to undermine.

The soul is a very perfect judge of her own motions, if your mind doesn't dictate to her.

What's that as flies without wings, your ladyship? Time! Time!