Spontaneity is a meticulously prepared art

Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.

The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

The birds that were singing in the dew-drenched garden seemed to be telling the flowers about her.

His morality is all sympathy, just what morality should be

Imagination is imitative-the real innovation lies in criticism.