We can forgive a man for making a useful thing as long as he does not admire it

What a silly thing love is!' said the student as he walked away. 'It is not half as useful as logic, for it does not prove anything, and it is always telling one of things that are not going to happen, and making one believe things that are not true. In fact, it is quite unpractical, and, as in this age to be practical is everything, I shall go back to philosophy and study metaphysics.' So he returned to his room and pulled out a great dusty book, and began to read.

The best work in literature is always done by those who do not depend on it for their daily bread and the highest form of literature, Poetry, brings no wealth to the singer.

There is nothing in the world like the devotion of a married woman. It is a thing no married man knows anything about.

So lets knock a couple back and make some noise

Nowadays, all the married men live like bachelors, and all the bachelors like married men.

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.