On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are sadly mistaken.

Helping other people is a drug so dangerous that there is no cure short of total abstention.

An unjust punishment is never forgotten.

Experiences aren't given to us to be 'got over,' otherwise they would hardly be experiences.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life, and as such it must surely be a necessary commodity.

A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is best to get out into the fresh air as much as possible.

Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing.