I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

It was you I thought of all the time, I gave to them the love you did not need: lavished on them a love that was not theirs.

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

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

And the marvellous rose became crimson, like the rose of the eastern sky. Crimson was the girdle of petals, and crimson as a ruby was the heart

Flowers are as common in the country as people are in London.