In the wild struggle for existence, we want to have something that endures, and so we fill our minds with rubbish and facts, in the silly hope of keeping our place.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

When I ask for a water cress sandwich, I do not mean a loaf with a field in the middle of it.

If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.

It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.

People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

Dammit Sir, it's your duty to get married. You can't always be living for pleasure!