It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.

Young men want to be faithful, and are not. Old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

After a good dinner one can forgive anybody, even one's own relations.

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

In war, the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich makes slaves of the poor.

I forget what killed it. I think it was her proposing to sacrifice the whole world for me. That is always a dreadful moment. It fills one with the terror of eternity.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob.