I was wrong. God's law is only Love.

I see the moon like a clipped piece of silver. Like gilded bees the stars cluster round her.

Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.

To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist - the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know exactly how much oil one must put with one's vinegar.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.

In fact, the whole of Japan is a pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people.... The Japanese people are ... simply a mode of style, an exquisite fancy of art.