It is most unwise for people in love to marry.

If you do not write for publication, there is little point in writing at all.

I am highly susceptible to the force of all truly religious music, especially to the music of my own church, the church of Shelley, Michelangelo, and Beethoven.

A fool-proof method for sculpting an elephant: first, get a huge block of marble; then you chip away everything that doesn't look like an elephant.

The way to deal with worldly people is to frighten them by repeating their scandalous whisperings aloud.

If you injure your neighbour, better not do it by halves.

Why not give Christianity a trial?