Of course we all know that Morris was a wonderful all-round man, but the act of walking round him has always tired me.

No Roman ever was able to say, 'I dined last night with the Borgias'.

The loveliest face in all the world will not please you if you see it suddenly eye to eye, at a distance of half an inch from your own.

To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

The critic who justly admires all kinds of things simultaneously cannot love any one of them.

There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

People are either born hosts or born guests.