The vilest deeds like poison weeds Bloom well in prison air; It is only what is good in man That wastes and withers there.

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.

Imagination is imitative-the real innovation lies in criticism.

Art only begins where Imitation ends.

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow. Romance is the privilege of the rich, not the profession of the unemployed. The poor should be practical and prosaic. It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.

As I lounged in the Park, or strolled down Piccadilly, I used to look at everyone who passed me, and wonder, with mad curiosity, what sort of lives they led. some of them fascinated me. Others filled me with terror.