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.

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

Simplicity and naturalness are the truest marks of distinction.

A God that can be understood is no God. Who can explain the Infinite in words?

We who are of mature age seldom suspect how unmercifully and yet with what insight the very young judge us.

The nature of men and women - their essential nature - is so vile and despicable that if you were to portray a person as he really is, no one would believe you.

You tend to close your eyes to truth, beauty and goodness because they give no scope to your sense of the ridiculous.