No taste is so acquired as that for someone else's quality of mind.
The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.
Most people do not believe in anything very much and our greatest poetry is given to us by those who do.
The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.
When in doubt, choose greatness.
Most of the beauty of women evaporates when they achieve domestic happiness at the price of their independence.