Menfolks listens to somebody because of what he says. Women don't. They don't care what he said. They listens because of what he is.

the problems of the human heart in conflict with itself which alone can make good writing because only that is worth writing about, worth the agony and the sweat

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means.

Idleness breeds our better virtues.

Success is feminine and like a woman, if you cringe before her, she will override you

No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors.

It feels almost soft, like something to be caressed. Only gold feels that way.