It is a very poor consolation to be told that the man who has given one a bad dinner, or poor wine, is irreproachable in private life. Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrees.

Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.

There are times when sorrow seems to me to be the only truth.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.

In England it is enough for a man to try and produce any serious, beautiful work to lose all his rights as a citizen.

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.