It is only the modern that ever becomes old-fashioned.

I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.

One should absorb the colour of life, but one should never remember its details. Details are always vulgar.

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

A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.

By persistently remaining single a man converts himself into a permanent public temptation.

Do you know that I am afraid that good people do a great deal of harm in this world? Certainly the greatest harm they do is that they make badness of such extraordinary importance.