 The writer of prose can only step aside when the poet passes. |
| Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too. |
| Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable. |
| Only a mediocre person is always at his best. |
| To eat well in England, you should have a breakfast three times a day. |
| Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five. |
| It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it. |
| When I read a book I seem to read it with my eyes only, but now and then I come across a passage, perhaps only a phrase, which has a meaning for me, and it becomes part of me. |
| We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others. |
| Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind. |
| Have common sense and stick to the point. |
| The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit. |
| It is well known that Beauty does not look with a good grace on the timid advances of Humour. |
| The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. |
| It's very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. |
| The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill. |
| Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit. |
| Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous. |
| I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written. |
| Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets. |
