The only real rival of love is Art, for that in itself is a deep personal passion, its function an act of creation, fed by some mysterious perversion of sex, and demanding all the imagination's activities.

A man is more than one being in his life. If the last persists, why not the first? If there be a hereafter for his age, why not for his youth?

the best of all good friends is pride.

Whether you fail or set the world on fire cannot make so very much difference if only you have the opportunity to try for it, to work for it, to think of nothing else!

All women want to be understood until they understand themselves.

The world changed somewhat in form during its progress, but never in substance.

when I am alone in the forest I always say my prayers; and that occasional solitary communion with God is surely the only true religion for intelligent beings.