Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

The author always loads his dice, but he must never let the reader see that he has done so.

What has influenced my life more than any other single thing has been my stammer. Had I not stammered I would probably... have gone to Cambridge as my brothers did, perhaps have become a don and every now and then published a dreary book about French literature.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

The life force is vigorous. The delight that accompanies it counter-balances all the pains and hardships that confront men. It makes life worth living.

Women are often under the impression that men are much more madly in love with them than they really are.