Self-respecting people do not care to peep at their reflections in unexpected mirrors, or to see themselves as others see them.

For souls in growth, great quarrels are great emancipations.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

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

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

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