The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

You don't have to write to me if you don't feel like it. There's no real friendship without absolute freedom.

No place is ugly to those who understand the virtues and sweetness of everything that God has made.

O heart! love is thy bane and thy antidote.

The beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul.

Ever since time began the world has seemed stupid to those who aren't stupid themselves. It was to avoid that annoyance that I became stupid myself, as fast as ever I could. Sheer egoism, no doubt.

I needn't tell you that success and failure prove nothing - the whole thing is a lottery. It's pleasant to succeed; but for a philosophic mind it oughtn't to be very upsetting to fail.