I have found that all ugly things are made by those who strive to make something beautiful, and that all beautiful things are made by those who strive to make something useful.

I had buried my romance in a bed of asphodel.

Knowledge would be fatal. It is the uncertainty that charms one. A mist makes things wonderful.

It is a great mistake for men to give up paying compliments, for when they give up saying what is charming, they give up thinking what is charming.

Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.

The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten.