Let man fear woman when she loves: then she makes any sacrifice, and everything else seems without value to her

Some people do not become thinkers simply because their memories are too good.

THE SUFFERING OF GENIUS AND ITS VALUE. The artistic genius desires to give pleasure, but if his mind is on a very high plane he does not easily find anyone to share his pleasure; he offers entertainment but nobody accepts it. That gives him, in certain circumstances, a comically touching pathos; for he has no right to force pleasure on men. He pipes, but none will dance: can that be tragic?

The way to transmute your iron duty into gold in everyone's eyes is this: always deliver more than you promise.

The man who does not wish to be one of the mass only needs to cease to be easy on himself.

No artist tolerates reality.

Sometimes we remain true to a cause simply because its opponents are unfailingly tasteless.