The important thing was to love rather than to be loved.

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

There's no one as transparent as the person who thinks he's devilish deep.

There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type that most often writes about himself.

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

A good story is obviously a difficult thing to invent, but its difficulty is a poor reason for despising it.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.