A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent
It is the dread of something happening, something unknown and dreadful, that makes us do anything to keep the flicker of talk from dying out.
I like to walk down Bond Street, thinking of all the things I don't desire.
The world is not unkind, and reprobates are worse than their reputations.
We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.
The great art of writing is the art of making people real to themselves with words.