Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.

Youth is the time for adventures of the body, but age for the triumphs of the mind.

We need new friends; some of us are cannibals who have eaten their old friends up; others must have ever-renewed audiences before whom to re-enact the ideal version of their lives.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

It's an odd thing about this universe that, though we all disagree with each other, we are all of us always in the right.

How often my soul visits the National Gallery, and how seldom

Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.