Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.

Indeed I have always been of the opinion that hard work is simply the refuge of people who have nothing to do.

My dear fellow, the truth isn’t quite the sort of thing one tells to a nice, sweet, refined girl. What extraordinary ideas you have about the way to behave to a woman!

Life is terrible. It rules us, we do not rule it.

In modern life nothing produces such an effect as a good platitude. It makes the whole world kin.

She lives the poetry she cannot write.

Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people whom we personally dislike.