Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages.... Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent, without heat and full of melancholy. But alas! the rising tide of democracy, which spreads everywhere and reduces everything to the same level, is daily carrying away these last champions of human pride, and submerging, in the waters of oblivion, the last traces of these remarkable myrmidons.

Through the Unknown, we'll find the New

It is regrettable that, among the Rights of Man, the right of contradicting oneself has been forgotten.

And over your unconsecrated head you'll hear the howling wolves lament their fate and yours the livelong year.

What do I care if you are good? Be beautiful! and be sad!

It is unfortunately very true that, without leisure and money, love can be no more than an orgy of the common man. Instead of being a sudden impulse full of ardor and reverie, it becomes a distastefully utilitarian affair.

One can only forget about time by making use of it.