We have quite the same ideas. No; I think our ideas are quite different. But he has been most pleasant.

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.

The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.

Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life.

What is termed Sin is an essential element of progress. Without it the world would stagnate, or grow old, or become colourless.

The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.