People talk of beauty lightly, and having no feeling for words, they use that one carelessly, so that it loses its force; and the thing it stands for, sharing its name with a hundred trivial objects, is deprived of dignity. They call beautiful a dress, a dog, a sermon; and when they are face to face with Beauty cannot recognise it.

A woman may be as wicked as she likes, but if she isn't pretty it won't do her much good.

I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.

Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.

There are many foolish people in the world and when a man in a rather high position puts on no frills, slaps them on the back, and tells them he'll do anything in the world for them, they are very likely to think him clever.

It is a nuisance that knowledge can only be acquired by hard work.

It must be a fault in me that I am not gravely shocked at the sins of others unless they personally affect me.