A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind from him.

The sign of a Philistine age is the cry of immorality against art.

It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously

Nothing worth knowing can be taught.

Married men are horribly tedious when they are good husbands, and abominably conceited when they are not.

One should not be too severe on English novels; they are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed.

But beauty, real beauty, ends where an intellectual expression begins. Intellect is in itself a mode of exaggeration, and destroys the harmony of any face.