He was a hero to his valet, who bullied him, and a terror to most of his relations, whom he bullied in turn. Only England could have produced him, and he always said that the country was going to the dogs. His principles were out of date, but there was a good deal to be said for his prejudices.

The English are always degrading truths into facts. When a truth becomes a fact it loses all its intellectual value.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. ...Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of Individualism that the world has known. ...Art is Individualism.

Intellectual generalities are always interesting, but generalities in morals mean absolutely nothing.

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

Nature: a place where birds fly around uncooked