No one in the modern world is more lonely than the writer with a literary conscience.

No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.

It is only by knowing how little life has in store for us that we are able to look on the bright side and avoid disappointment.

The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence. All passes; nothing returns.

Most women want their youth back again; but I wouldn't have mine back at any price. The worst years of my life are behind me, and my best ones ahead.

I liked human beings, but I did not love human nature.

Too much principle is often more harmful than too little.