I always pass on good advice. It is the only thing to do with it. It is never of any use to oneself.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.

Life is never fair, and perhaps it is a good thing for most of us that it is not.