Have common sense and stick to the point.

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.

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.

Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue]

The spirit is often most free when the body is satiated with pleasure; indeed, sometimes the stars shine more brightly seen from the gutter than from the hilltop.

Advice to first year medical students: In anatomy, it is better to have learned and lost than never to have learned at all.

No woman is worth more than a fiver unless you're in love with her. Then she's worth all she costs you.