The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not quite sure that they are dead

Words should be only the clothes, carefully custom-made to fit the thought.

There is a justice, but we do not always see it. Discreet, smiling, it is there, at one side, a little behind injustice, which makes a big noise.

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.

Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.

How many people have wanted to kill themselves, and have been content with tearing up their photograph!

Be modest! It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.