When I like people immensely I never tell their names to anyone. It is like surrendering a part of them. I have grown to love secrecy.

The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.

Music is the perfect type of art.

If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.

Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.

Everything in moderation, including moderation.