Her trust makes me faithful, her belief makes me good.

They did not understand a single word of what he was saying, but that made no matter, for they put their heads on one side, and looked wise, which is quite as good as understanding a thing, and very much easier.

The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide.

Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

More women grow old nowadays through the faithfulness of their admirers than through anything else.

To regret one’s own experiences is to arrest one’s own development. To deny one’s own experiences is to put a lie into the lips of one’s own life. It is no less than a denial of the soul.