We need two kinds of acquaintances, one to complain to, while to the others we boast.

The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.

Fine writers should split hairs together, and sit side by side, like friendly apes, to pick the fleas from each others fur.

Those who talk on the razor-edge of double-meanings pluck the rarest blooms from the precipice on either side.

All mirrors are magical mirrors, and we never see our faces in them.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave as outrageously as the world will let them.

An improper mind is a perpetual feast.