Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

Most people are such fools that it is really no great compliment to say that someone is above the average.

Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.

You know what the critics are. If you tell the truth they only say you're cynical and it does an author no good to get a reputation for cynicism.

Only mediocre people are at the best all the time.

Art is merely the refuge which the ingenious have invented, when they were supplied with food and women, to escape the tediousness of life.

Words have weight, sound and appearance; it is only by considering these that you can write a sentence that is good to look at and good to listen to.