He was a great poet" They lamented. No, he was not a great poet," said Theo, "He was a good poet, he could have been better. That's the real loss don't you see?

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

Are you slow-witted? I'm so sorry for you. It's terrible to be dull and stupid.

If a storyteller worried about the facts - my dear Lucian, how could he ever get at the truth?

Seize the day, whatever's in it to seize, before something comes along and seizes you.

I loved all the world's mythologies.

The dear girl, I fear, may be contemplating some alarming, disruptive perhaps dangerous project. In which case, I would naturally do all in my power to keep her from any such rash or foolhardy enterprise – unless she wished me to accompany her.