There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.

More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn't read.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.

He is some brainless, beautiful creature, who should always be here in winter when we have no flowers to look at, and always here in the summer when we want something to chill our intelligence.

To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.

A publisher is simply a useful middle-man.