For the canons of good society are, or should be, the same as the canons of art. Form is absolutely essential to it.

Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

I have no objection to anyone's sex life as long as they don't practice it in the street and frighten the horses.

A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.

I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.

Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.

Some people always know the price, but not the value