Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

Oh! I don't think I would like to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about.

Marco Polo had seen the inhabitants of Zipangu place rose-colored pearls in the mouths of the dead. A sea-monster had been enamoured of the pearl that the diver brought to King Perozes, and had slain the thief, and mourned for seven moons over its loss.

Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

There is no feeling more comforting and consoling than knowing you are right next to the one you love.

His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language.