Perfect is determined in shortened measures of time, not over long periods of time or lifetimes. It would be unnatural.

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.

I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one's power of appreciation persists.

The essential element of love is a belief in its own eternity.

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.

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.

Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness. It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists.