Whenever he composes a critical review, I have been told, he gets an enormous erection.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

Good taste is either that which agrees with my taste or that which subjects itself to the rule of reason. From this we can see how useful it is to employ reason in seeking out the laws of taste.

The most dangerous untruths are truths slightly distorted.

The writer who cannot sometimes throw away a thought about which another man would have written dissertations, without worry whether or not the reader will find it, will never become a great writer.

There are many who believe that 'Marriage is not a word - it is a sentence!' Whether you are indeed 'married' or if you are 'single', I am sure that funny quotes on weddings and marriages always tend to put a wicked smile to the face. It is often said that 'People who are married are often desperate to get out of it and people who are single can't wait to get in!'

Nothing makes one old so quickly as the ever-present thought that one is growing older.