Princes enjoy themselves like children in the company of ordinary human beings.

I feel sure that coups d'état would go much better if there were seats, boxes, and stalls so that one could see what was happening and not miss anything.

There have been many definitions of beauty in art. What is it? Beauty is what the untrained eyes consider abominable.

Genius is the talent of a person who is dead.

History is a novel that has been lived, a novel is history that could have been.

I have always derived indescribable pleasure from leading a decent woman to the edge of sin and leaving her there to live between the temptation and the fear of that sin.

People don't like the true and simple; they like fairy tales and humbug.