There is no doubt that genius lasts longer than beauty.

Beauty is a form of genius -- is higher, indeed, than genius, as it needs no explanation.

Many people become bankrupt through having invested too heavily in the prose of life. To have ruined one's self over poetry is an honor.

If a friend of mine gave a feast, and did not invite me to it, I should not mind a bit. But if a friend of mine had a sorrow and refused to allow me to share it, I should feel it most bitterly.

Every American bride is taken there [Niagara Falls], and the sight of the stupendous waterfall must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

I must remember that a good friend is a new world.