It is ridiculous to say that art has nothing to do with morality. What is true is that the artist's business is not that of the policeman.

He who has nothing to assert has no style and can have none: he who has something to assert will go as far in power of style as its momentousness and his conviction will carry him

You may well ask me why...I took the time to write [books]. I can only reply that I do not know. There was no why about it. I had to: that was all.

Let no one suppose that the words doctor and patient can disguise from the parties the fact that they are employer and employee.

We must all share in the evils of the world or move to another planet.

The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not.

Home life is no more natural to us than a cage is natural to a cockatoo.