We have art so that we shall not die of reality.

It is a terrible thought, to contemplate that an immense number of mediocre thinkers are occupied with really influential matters.

The most vulnerable and yet most unconquerable of things is human vanity; nay, through being wounded its strength increases and can grow to giant proportions.

There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.

All isolation is wrong so say the herd. And long didst thou belong to the herd.

Lying very still and thinking very little is the most inexpensive medicine for all the sicknesses of the soul, and when administered with good intentions it grows more and more pleasant with each passing hour.

A man far oftener appears to have a decided character from persistently following his temperament than from persistently following his principles.