A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at, for it leaves out the one country at which Humanity is always landing.

When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.

The sky was pure opal now.

Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

The birds 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.

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.