Only the shallow know themselves.
A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
I love to talk about nothing. It's the only thing I know anything about.
A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent
It is much more easy to have sympathy with suffering than it is to have sympathy with thought.
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge that must be the result of years of study.
Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.
The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
Romance lives by repetition, and repetition converts an appetite into an art. Besides, each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of p...
I should fancy, however, that murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.
A true gentlemen is one who is never unintentionally rude.
Pessimist - one who when he has the choice of two evils chooses both.
I hardly think that any Socialist, nowadays, would seriously propose that an inspector should call every morning at each house to see that each citizen rose up and did manual labour for eight hours.
I am not young enough to know everything.
The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.
Illness of any kind is hardly a thing to be encouraged in others. Health is the primary duty of life.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
What fire does not destroy, it hardens
Nothing annoys people so much as not receiving invitations.