Improvisation is the essence of good talk. Heaven defend us from the talker who doles out things prepared for us; but let heaven not less defend us from the beautiful spontaneous writer who puts his trust in the inspiration of the moment.
A quiet city is a contradiction in terms. It is a thing uncanny, spectral.
The past is a work of art, free of irrelevancies and loose ends.
To destroy is still the strongest instinct of our nature.
Incongruity is the mainspring of laughter.
Women who love the same man have a kind of bitter freemasonry.