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.

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.

This suspense is terrible. I hope it will last.

There is no necessity to separate the monarch from the mob; all authority is equally bad.

Always! That is the dreadful word ... it is a meaningless word, too.

I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.