The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.

The mystic sees the ineffable, and the psychopathologist the unspeakable.

What do we any of us have but our illusions? And what do we ask of others but that we be allowed to keep them?

I've always been interested in people, but I've never liked them.

Writing is a wholetime job: no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it.

Never pause unless you have a reason for it, but when you pause, pause as long as you can.

Sherry, the civilized drink.