We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others.

You must not pursue a success, but fly from it.

One does not really feel much grief at other people's sorrows; one tries, and puts on a melancholy face, thinking oneself brutal for not caring more; but one cannot and it is better, for if one grieved too deeply at other people's tears, life would be unendurable; and every man has sufficient sorrows of his own without taking to heart his neighbour's.

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.

He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.

She loved three things — a joke, a glass of wine, and a handsome man.

Sherry, the civilized drink.