The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes...

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

The value of culture is its effect on character. It avails nothing unless it ennobles and strengthens that. Its use is for life. Its aim is not beauty but goodness.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.

No action is in itself good or bad, but only such according to convention.

You know, when one's in love,' I said, 'and things go all wrong, one's terribly unhappy and one thinks one won't ever get over it. But you'll be astounded to learn what the sea will do.' What do you mean?' she smiled. Well, love isn't a good sailor and it languishes on a sea voyage. You'll be surprised when you have the Atlantic between you and Larry to find how slight the pang is that before you sailed seemed intolerable.

By the time a man notices that he is no longer young, his youth has long since left him.