Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good.

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

The ideal has many names and beauty is but one of them.

Can the law get blood out of a stone? I haven't any money.

You can never know enough about your characters.

Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.

Often the best way to overcome desire is to satisfy it.