“I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, a...”

“The books I would like to print are the books I love to read and keep.”

“How can you care about the image of a landscape, when you show by your deeds that you don't care for the landscape itself?”

“Let tomorrow cross its own rivers.”

“OctoberO love, turn from the changing sea and gaze,Down these grey slopes, upon the year grown old,A-dying 'mid the autumn-scented hazeThat hangeth o'er the hollow in the wold,Where the wind-bitten...”

“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”

“You're the ruler of the universe. Try to show a little taste!”

“It's not that our family has no taste, it's just that our family's taste is inconsistent.”

“Everyone carries his own inch-rule of taste and amuses himself by applying it triumphantly wherever he travels.”