An idea that isn't risky is hardly worth calling an idea.

Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.

I could never quite accustom myself to absinthe, but it suits my style so well

The ancient historians gave us delightful fiction in the form of fact; the modern novelist presents us with dull facts under the guise of fiction.

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

The great poet is always a seer, seeing less with the eyes of the body than he does with the eyes of the mind.

In England people actually try to be brilliant at breakfast. That is so dreadful of them! Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.