There is no logical reason why the camel of great art should pass through the needle of mob intelligence.

The principle of avoiding the unnecessary expenditure of energy has enabled the species to survive in a world full of stimuli; but it prevents the survival of the aristocracy.

The choice between law and justice is an easy one for courageous minds.

There is nothing rarer than a man who can be trusted never to throw away happiness, however eagerly he sometimes grasps it. In history we are as frequently interested in our own doom.

The day was so delightful that I wished one could live slowly as one can play music slowly.

The Portrait of a Lady is entirely successful in giving one the sense of having met somebody far too radiantly good for this world.

It appears that even the different parts of the same person do not converse among themselves, do not succeed in learning from each other what are their desires and their intentions.