What joy can the years bring half so sweet as the unhappiness they've taken away?

How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares if there seemed any danger of their coming true!

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

The truth is that the phenomena of artistic production are still so obscure, so baffling, we are still so far from an accurate scientific and psychological knowledge of their genesis or meaning, that we are forced to accept them as empirical facts; and empirical and non-explanatory names are the names that suit them best.

A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.

How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!

Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world.