The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

The fatal errors of life are not due to man's being unreasonable: an unreasonable moment may be one's finest moment. They are due to man's being logical.

The salesman knows nothing of what he is selling save that he is charging a great deal too much for it.

The note of the perfect personality is not rebellion, but peace.

Art is rarely intelligible to the criminal classes.

The dim roar of London was like the bourdon note of a distant organ

A man whose desire is to be something separate from himself, to be a member of Parliament, or a successful grocer, or a prominent solicitor, or a judge, or something equally tedious, invariably succeeds in being what he wants to be. That is his punishment. Those who want a mask have to wear it.