To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

I won't belong to a club that accepts me as a member

Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.

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

The true perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is.

The unread is always better than the unreadable.

One is not always happy when one is good; but one is always good when one is happy.