My desire to live is as intense as ever, and though my heart is broken, hearts are made to be broken: that is why God sends sorrow into the world.

The gods bestowed on Max [Beerbohm] the gift of perpetual old age.

Punctuality is the thief of time

"I hope your hair curls naturally, does it?" "Yes, darling, with a little help from others."

Bad artists always admire each others work.

He hasn't an enemy in the world, and none of his friend like him.

To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.