The end of culture is right living

Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

When he sacrifices himself man for a moment is greater than God, for how can God, infinite and omnipotent, sacrifice himself?

It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.

Conscience is the guardian in the individual of the rules which the community has evolved for its own preservation.

Writing is a wholetime job: no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it.