The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
Science is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon eternal truths. Art is out of the reach of morals, for her eyes are fixed upon things beautiful and immortal and ever-changing.
All art is quite useless.
Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.
Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.
The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.