All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.

Ultimately the bond of all companionship, whether in marriage or in friendship, is conversation, and conversation must have a common basis, and between two people of widely different culture the only common basis possible is the lowest level.

An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him.

It is a very sad thing that nowadays there is so little useless information.

He made me see what Life is, and what Death signifies, and why Love is stronger than both.

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy, and sold their birthright for very bad pottage. They must also be extraordinarily stupid.

To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.