Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

Out of the sea will rise Behemoth and Leviathan, and sail 'round the high-pooped galleys... Dragons will wander about the waste places, and the phoenix will soar from her nest of fire into the air. We shall lay our hands upon the basilisk, and see the jewel in the toad's head. Champing his gilded oats, the Hippogriff will stand in our stalls, and over our heads will float the Blue Bird singing of beautiful and impossible things, of things that are lovely and that never happen, of things that are not and that should be.

The only way to atone for being occasionally overdressed is to be massively overeducated.

When one is in town one amuses oneself. When one is in the country one amuses other people. It is excessively boring.

Talk to a woman as if you loved her, and to a man as if he bored you.

Nowadays to be intelligible is to be found out.

Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.