No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide.

At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.

I may have said the same thing before... but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different.

I can sympathize with everything, except suffering.

Youth is the only thing worth having.

Give me the luxuries and I can dispense with the necessities.

Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.