Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.

Any man who does not see everything in terms of self, that is to say who wants to be something in respect of other men, to do good to them or simply give them something to do, is unhappy, disconsolate, and accursed.

Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum.

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.

I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin.

As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.

Laughter is the mind's intonation. There are ways of laughing which have the sound of counterfeit coins.