The world in general doesn't know what to make of originality; it is startled out of its comfortable habits of thought, and its first reaction is one of anger.

We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrariwise we find things beautiful because their novelty surprises us.

The dead look so terribly dead when they're dead.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give... You will find that people forget the failures of others very quickly.... My last piece of advice is not to let anyone see your mortification, but whatever you fancy people are saying about you to go on with your ordinary life as though nothing unpleasant had happened to you.

Do you absolutely despise me, Walter?" "No." He hesitated and his voice was strange. "I despise myself.

A dictator must fool all the people all the time and there's only one way to do that, he must also fool himself.

How can I be reasonable? To me our love was everything and you were my whole life. It is not very pleasant to realize that to you it was only an episode.