All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when they are not treated as th ...

Art should be appreciated with passion and violence, not with a tepid, deprecating elegance that fears the censoriousness of a common room.

As if a woman ever loved a man for his virtue.

Charm and nothing but charm at last grows a little tiresome. It's a relief then to deal with a man who isn't quite so delightful but a little more sincere.

Follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the world.

If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.

It is cruel to discover one's mediocrity only when it is too late.

It is very difficult to know people and I don't think one can ever really know any but one's own countrymen. For men and women are not only themselves; they are also the region ...