There is, of course, no reason for the existence of the male sex except that one sometimes needs help with moving the piano.

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.

Of Virginia Woolf: The talent of this generation which is most certain of survival.

In England and America a beard usually means that its owner would rather be considered venerable than virile; on the continent of Europe it often means that its owner makes a special claim to virility.

Embraces do not matter; they merely indicate the will to love and may as well be followed by defeat as victory. But disregard means that now there needs to be no straining of the eyes, no stretching forth of the hands, no pressing of the lips, because theirs is such a union that they are no longer aware of the division of their flesh.

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman.