Society, civilized society at least, is never very ready to believe anything to the detriment of those who are both rich and fascinating. It feels instinctively that manners are of more importance than morals, and, in its opinion, the highest respectability is of much less value than the possession of a good chef.

The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.

Christ did not die to save people, but to teach people how to save each other. This is, I have no doubt, a grave heresy, but it is also a fact.

There is only one real tragedy in a woman's life. The fact that her past is always her lover, and her future invariably her husband.

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

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

I never play cricket. It requires one to assume such indecent postures.