There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration.

The hand will often reveal more than the countenance.

faces deceive, and the loveliness of youth is not like the loveliness of age - an absolute mirror of the soul within.

There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration.

a woman with a secret may be a fascinating study, but she can never be a safe, nor even satisfactory, companion.

The very shadows seem to listen.

Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them.