To make men Socialists is nothing, but to make Socialism human is a great thing.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.

To live in this world is a rare thing; most people just exist.

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault. Those who find beautiful meanings in beautiful things are the cultivated. For these there is hope. They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty. There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.

The nicest feeling in the world is to do a good deed anonymously-and have somebody find out.

The only thing I cannot resist is temptation.