Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.

A burnt child loves the fire.

They did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy.

It's not hard to get the ideas when they come. They just come... it's painful waiting for them.

As I lounged in the Park, or strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look at everyone who passed me, and wonder, with mad curiosity, what sort of lives they led. some of them fascinated me. Others filled me with terror.

Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy.