You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make a crowd of men.

For people who like that kind of thing, this is the kind of thing they like.

People seem to think there is something inherently noble and virtuous in the desire to go for a walk.

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

A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral.

Anything that is worth doing has been done frequently. Things hitherto undone should be given, I suspect, a wide berth.

True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion.