It needs a good deal of philosophy not to be mortified by the thought of persons who have voluntarily abandoned everything that for the most of us makes life worth living and are devoid of envy of what they have missed. I have never made up my mind whether they are fools or wise men.

There are few things so pleasant as a picnic eaten in perfect comfort.

Evil is a necessary part of the order of the universe.

If a man hasn't what's necessary to make a woman love him, it's his fault, not hers.

It is not difficult to be unconventional in the eyes of the world when your unconventionality is but the convention of your set.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

If you want to eat well in England, eat three breakfasts.