Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.

A red rose is not selfish because it wants to be a red rose. It would be horribly selfish if it wanted all the other flowers in the garden to be both red and roses.

It is so easy to convince others; it is so difficult to convince oneself.

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.

To begin with, I dined there on Monday, and once a week is quite enough to dine with one's own relations.