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

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

it is wiser to be conventionally immoral than unconventionally moral. It isn't the immorality they object to, but the originality.

Surely the novel should be a form of art - but art was not enough. It must contain not only the perfection of art, but the imperfection of nature.

to be honest and yet popular is almost as difficult in literature as it is in life.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

There is no monster more destructive than the inventive mind that has outstripped philosophy.