“I never saw anybody take so long to dress, and with such little result.”

“If I am occasionally a little over-dressed, I make up for it by being always immensely over-educated.”

“The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated.”

“It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously”

“I like Wagner's music better than anybody's. It is so loud that one can talk the whole time without other people hearing what one says.”

“Have you not sometimes noted,When we unlock some long-disuséd roomWith heavy dust and soiling mildew filled,Where never foot of man has come for years,And from the windows take the rusty bar,And fling the broken shutters to the air,And let the bright sun in, how the good sunTurns every grimy particle of dustInto a little thing of dancing gold?Guido, my heart is that long-empty room,But you have let love in, and with its goldGilded all life.”

“I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.”