I must say... that I ruined myself: and that nobody, great or small, can be ruined except by his own hand.

I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable. There is something unfair about its use. It is hitting below the intellect.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

The unread is always better than the unreadable.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

Anyone can sympathize with the sufferings of a friend, but it requires a very fine nature to sympathize with a friend's success.

Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.