We live by reposing trust in each other.
Learning is nothing without cultivated manners, but when the two are combined in a woman, you have one of the most exquisite products of civilization.
Sincerity is glass, discretion is diamond.
All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.
British conversation is like a game of cricket or a boxing match; personal allusions are forbidden like hitting below the belt, and anyone who loses his temper is disqualified.
If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.
The difficult part in an argument is not to defend one's opinion but rather to know it.
I went through one period when I smoked a surprising, a really breath-taking, amount of grass almost every night.
I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing.
Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work. . . It's much more important to write than to be written about.
There's so much I want to do. I love emotions, I love drama, I love comedy and I also want to take action up to another level, I love comics.