I usually say what I really think. A great mistake nowadays. It makes one so liable to be misunderstood.

The 19thc hatred of Realism is Caliban's enraged reaction to seeing his own face in the mirror. The 19thc rejection of Romanticism is Caliban's fury at not seeing his face reflected in the mirror.

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

Men of thoughts should have nothing to do with action.

An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.

The great poet is always a seer, seeing less with the eyes of the body than he does with the eyes of the mind.

Self-denial is the shining sore on the leprous body of Christianity.