Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.

There can be no progress-real, moral prgress-except in the individual and by the individual himself.

Genius is nothing more nor less than childhood recaptured at will.

The life of our city is rich in poetic and marvelous subjects. We are enveloped and steeped as though in an atmosphere of the marvelous; but we do not notice it.

The dandy should aspire to be uninterruptedly sublime. He should live and sleep in front of a mirror.

Genius is childhood recalled at will.

Nations, like families, have great men only in spite of themselves.