each separate flower has a magic all its own.

The fine gifts of temperament and imagination which are essential to the production of true poetry are often accompanied by morbid sensibility. The soul capable of ecstasy and transport must pay its price in suffering; he who walks upon the heights must sometimes grovel in the dust.

[On marriage:] Someone once said that it was like a crowded church - those outside were endeavouring to get in, and those inside were making violent efforts to get out.

A book, unlike any other friend, will wait, not only upon the hour but upon the mood.

A real love letter is absolutely ridiculous to everyone except the writer and the recipient.

The conventions of society are all in the interests of morality. If you're conventional, you'll be good, in a negative sense, of course.

There is only one path which leads to the house of forgiveness - that of understanding.