“Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.”

“Sincerity is the last refuge of the shallow.”

“I hate people who are not serious about meals. It is so shallow of them.”

“Only the shallow know themselves”

“Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.”

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible....”

“shallow sorrows and shallow loves live on. the loves and sorrows that are great are destroyed by their own plenitude”