“Neither at things, nor at people should one look. Only in mirrors should one look, for mirrors do but show us masks.”

“The quivering, ardent sunlight showed him the lines of cruelty round the mouth as clearly as if he had been looking into a mirror after he had done some dreadful thing.”

“Fathers should be neither seen nor heard. That is the only proper basis for family life.”

“One's past is what one is. It is the only way by which people should be judged.”

“But I loved Narcissus because as he lay on my banks and looked down at me, in the mirror of his eyes I saw ever my own beauty mirrored.”

“Pleasure is the only thing one should live for, nothing ages like happiness.”

“The English novels are the only relaxation of the intellectually unemployed. But one should not be too severe on them. They show a want of knowledge that must be the result of years of study.”