At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Has it occurred to you that transmigration is at once an explanation and a justification of the evil of the world? If the evils we suffer are the result of sins committed in our past lives, we can bear them with resignation and hope that if in this one we strive toward virtue out future lives will be less afflicted.

The prestige you acquire by being able to tell your friends that you know famous men proves only that you are yourself of small account.

A man filled with meat turns his back on the dry bones of political doctrine. Fanatical devotion to the ruling party comes more readily from the materially deprived At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

The great critic … must be a philosopher, for from philosophy he will learn serenity, impartiality, and the transitoriness of human things.

We have long passed the Victorian Era when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby.

The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who can make his own.