Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

“I wish you would tell me your secret. To get back my youth I would do anything …”

“He was a man of most subtle and refined intellect. A man of culture, charm, and…”

“To get back one's youth one has merely to repeat one's follies.”

“I think God, in creating man, somewhat overestimated his ability.”