“Thirty five is a very attractive age; London society is full of women who have of their own free choice remained thirty-five for years
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence
“Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves
“As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys
“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both
“Every act of will is an act of self-limitation. To desire action is to desire limitation. In that sense, every act is an act of self-sacrifice. When you choose anything, you reject everything else
“Much can be inferred about a man from his mistress: in her one beholds his weaknesses and his dreams