"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."
"Hearts Live By Being Wounded"
"You are more to me than any of them has any idea; you are the atmosphere of beauty through which I see life; you are the incarnation of all lovely things...I think of you day and night. ~ Letter to Lord Alfred 'Bosie' Douglas"
"The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray, and the advantage of science is that it is not emotional."
"A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction."
"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth."