You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are the incarnation of all lovely things...I think of you day and night. ~ Letter to Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas

Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.

One's only real life is the life one never leads.

Prayer must never be answered: if it is, it ceases to be prayer and becomes correspondence.

"I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane." "It never is, sir." "Lane, you're a perfect pessimist." "I do my best to give satisfaction, sir."

To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other's character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.

You know what a woman's curiosity is.