Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.

They say the test of [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, "Can he name a kitten?" And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.

There is one class of mind that loves to lean on rules and definitions, and another that discards them as far as possible. A faddist will generally ask for a definition of faddism, and one who is not a faddist will be impatient of being asked to give one.

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period.

To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead.

Inspiration is never genuine if it is known as inspiration at the time. True inspiration always steals on a person; its importance not being fully recognized for some time.

Friends are like money, easier made than kept.