It is better to repent a sin than regret the loss of a pleasure.

Good resolutions are useless attempts to interfere with scientific laws. Their origin is pure vanity. Their result is absolutely nil. They give us, now and then, some of those luxurious sterile emotions that have a certain charm for the weak.... They are simply cheques that men draw on a bank where they have no account.

Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?

America is one long expectoration.