Of all the hokum with which this country [America] is riddled, the most odd is the common notion that it is free of class distinctions.

The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden of thought; and, indifferent to aught else, care nothing for praise or censure, failure or success.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

The great tragedy of life is not that men perish, but that they cease to love.

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul.

It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public.

You tend to close your eyes to truth, beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous.