You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

I am a sort of collector of religions: and the curious thing is that I find I can believe in them all.

What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?.

I hate performers who debase great works of art; I long for their annihilation.

To withhold deserved praise lest it should make its object conceited is as dishonest as to withhold payment of a just debt lest your creditor should spend the money badly.

Imagination is the beginning of creation.

A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will.