To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

I must decline your invitation owing to a subsequent engagement.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.

He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigraph on his tombstone.

Everything in moderation, including moderation.

Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.