They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.
There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.
There is always something ridiculous about the emotions of people whom one has ceased to love.
There is always something infinitely mean about other people’s tragedies.
There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel that no one else has a right to blame us.
There are only two kinds of people who are really fascinating – people who know absolutely everything, and people who know absolutely nothing.
There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.
The real tragedy of the poor is that they can afford nothing but self-denial. Beautiful sins, like beautiful things, are the privilege of the rich.
The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
