To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.

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I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time...

I believe there are more urgent and honorable occupations than the incomparable waste of time...

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Total absence of humor renders life impossible.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others...

There are days when solitude is a heady wine that intoxicates you with freedom, others...

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

Our perfect companions never have fewer than four feet.

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade...

A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I...

I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than...

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than...

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light...

Smokers, male and female, inject and excuse idleness in their lives every time they light...

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

And what a delight it is to make friends with someone you have despised.

Writing only leads to more writing.

Writing only leads to more writing.

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to...

In its early stages, insomnia is almost an oasis in which those who have to...

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

You do not notice changes in what is always before you.

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent...

A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent...

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

I am going away with him to an unknown country where I shall have no...

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical...

January, month of empty pockets! let us endure this evil month, anxious as a theatrical...