Every woman becomes their mother. That's their tragedy. And no man becomes his. That's his tragedy.

Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

I am not in favour of this modern mania for turning bad people into good people at a moment's notice.

He is fond of being misunderstood. It gives him a post of vantage.

People say sometimes that Beauty is superficial. That may be so. But at least it is not so superficial as Thought is. To me, Beauty is the wonder of wonders. It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Everything in moderation, including moderation.

It's not hard to get the ideas when they come. They just come... it's painful waiting for them.