Now art should never try to be popular. The public should try to make itself artistic.

One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about.

Every one is worthy of love, except him who thinks that he is. Love is a sacrament that should be taken kneeling.

Oh, don't cough, Ernest. When one is dictating one should speak fluently and not cough. Besides, I don't know how to spell a cough.

Those who see any difference between soul and body have neither

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

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.