But what is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means? Anybody can say charming things and try to please and to flatter, but a true friend always says unpleasant things, and does not mind giving pain. Indeed, if he is a really true friend he prefers it, for he knows that then he is doing good.

Thirty-five is a very attractive age. London society is full of women of the very highest birth who have, of their own free choice, remained thirty-five for years.

When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.

Down the long and silent street, The dawn, with silver-sandaled feet, Crept like a frightened girl.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

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

Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world.