Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by anything in him (and there is always much) that is incongruous with his greatness.

I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.

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

To give and then not feel that one has given is the very best of all ways of giving.

She was one of those people who said I don't know anything about music, but I know what I like.

Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.

No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.