No man should have a secret from his wife. She invariably finds it out.

As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.

What is the good of friendship if one cannot say exactly what one means?

Let me be surrounded by luxury, I can do without the necessities!

I feel that if I kept it secret it might grow in my mind (as poisonous things grow in the dark) and take its place with the other terrible thoughts that gnaw me

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood. Don't degrade me into the position of giving you useful information. Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

The first duty in life is to be as artificial as possible. What the second duty is no one has as yet discovered.