The Devil pulls the strings which make us dance; We find delight in the most loathsome things; Some furtherance of Hell each new day brings, And yet we feel no horror in that rank advance.

There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.

What could be more simple and more complex, more obvious and more profound than a portrait.

La, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté Luxe, calme et volupté There, there is nothing else but grace and measure, Richness, quietness, and pleasure.

A Dandy does nothing.

Discover day to day excitement.

The will to work must dominate, for art is long and time is brief.