I know that you're selfish, selfish beyond words, and I know that you haven't the nerve of a rabbit, I know you're a liar and a humbug, I know that you're utterly contemptible. And the tragic part is'--her face was on a sudden distraught with pain--'the tragic part is that notwithstanding I love you with all my heart.

I have an idea that the only thing which makes it possible to regard this world we live in without disgust is the beauty which now and then men create out of the chaos. The pictures they paint, the music they compose, the books they write, and the lives they lead. Of all these the richest in beauty is the beautiful life. That is the perfect work of art.

One can be very much in love with a woman without wishing to spend the rest of one's life with her.

It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

The best style is the style you don't notice.

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.