He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

I tried to visit Albania but I couldn't find it on the map.

All authority is quite degrading. It degrades those who exercise it, and it degrades those over whom it is exercised.

There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.

I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.

A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind from him.