You can never know enough about your characters

Culture is not just an ornament; it is the expression of a nation's character, and at the same time it is a powerful instrument to mould character. The end of culture is right living.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

You're beginning to dislike me, aren't you? Well, dislike me. It doesn't make any difference to me now.

An art is only great and significant if it is one that all may enjoy. The art of a clique is but a plaything.

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