To every separate person a thing is what he thinks it is – in other words, not a thing, but a think.

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.

I believe that people should write biographies only about people they love, or understand, or both. Novels, on the other hand, are often better if they're about people the writer doesn't like very much.

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

An unjust punishment is never forgotten.

Behind their dark glass, the mad own nothing.

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.