Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
Beauty and the lust for learning have yet to be allied.
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.
Of all the objects of hatred, a woman once loved is the most hateful.
I was a modest, good-humoured boy. It is Oxford that has made me insufferable.