"My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation."

"Of all ghosts the ghosts of our old loves are the worst."

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it."

"Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their own secreting."

"Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of virtue, and of all moral authority."

"Literature has drawn a funny perimeter that other art forms haven't."

"The paradox of freedom is that the silence between the notes creates the music."

"The art of living is discovering that the true master is an eternal student."