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

My friend is not allowed to go out today. I sit by his side and read him passages from his own life. They fill him with surprise. Everyone should keep someone else's diary; I sometimes suspect you of keeping mine.

I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.

They flaunt their conjugal felicity in one's face, as if it were the most fascinating of sins.

The best way to appreciate your job is to, is here to stay.

We are never more true to ourselves than when we are inconsistent.