With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized

Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.

I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice.

Sphinxes without secrets.

You love the beauty that you can see and touch and handle, the beauty that you can destroy, and do destroy, but of the unseen beauty of life, of the unseen beauty of a higher life, you know nothing.

There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.

Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they have no account.