She doth mean the earth to me! By earth, I actually mean dust.

There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful.

The Americans are identical to the British in all respects except, of course, language.

My dear boy, the people who love only once in their lives are really the shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom or their lack of imagination.. Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect---simply a confession of failures. Faithfulness! I must analyse it some day. The passion for property is in it. There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up. But I don't want to interrupt you. Go on with your story.

An acquaintance that begins with a compliment is sure to develop into a real friendship.

It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.

Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them?