What is abnormal in Life stands in normal relations to Art. It is the only thing in Life that stands in normal relations to Art.

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

Because sometimes you have to do something bad to do something good.

Circumstances should never alter principles!

We call ours a utilitarian age, and we do not know the uses of any single thing. We have forgotten that water can cleanse, that fire can purify, and that the Earth is mother to us all.

The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding. The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married. One should always be in love - that's the reason one should never marry.