There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisities of sanity. The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world in its own shame. Conscience and cowardice are really the same things.
Conscience is the trade name of the firm.
When critics disagree, the artist is in accord with himself. A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. Duty is what one expects from others, it is not what one does one's self. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance. Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.