It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it. Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity.

I'd sooner be smashed into a mangled pulp by a bus when we cross the street than look forward to a life like yours.

The crown of literature is poetry. It is its end and aim. It is the sublimest activity of the human mind. It is the achievement of beauty and delicacy. The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes.

It is an illusion that youth is happy, an illusion of those who have lost it.

Affection is created by habit, community of interests, convenience and the desire of companionship. It is a comfort rather than an exhilaration.