An echo of music, a face in the street, the wafer of the new moon, a wanton thought - only in the iridescence of things the vagabond soul is happy.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

Don't tell friends their social faults; they will cure the fault and never forgive you.

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists the circulation of the blood.

Eat with the rich, but go to the play with the poor, who are capable of joy.

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Style is a magic wand, and turns everything to gold that it touches.

What is humor?' one of their professors had posed, and he had answered, ''nondangerous, unexpectedly inappropriate juxtaposition.

The trouble with words is that you never know whose mouths they've been in.

Wonder is the basis of worship.

You lose such a lot of time just sleeping ... when you might just be living! ... It seems such a pity we can't live nights too.

When you with velvets mantled o'er, Defy December's tempests frore, Oh! spare one garment from your store, To clothe the poor at Christmas.

The mortal race is far too weak not to grow dizzy on unwonted brights.

You have no idea what portrait painters suffer from the vanity of their sitters.

Because when all you have is the past, it's hard to let it go.

Say goodbye to the energy vampires in your life (the negative souls who steal your enthusiasm).

Dialogue is used to reveal not what we want to say, but what we are trying to hide.