Dancing is the loftiest, the most moving, the most beautiful of the arts, because it is no mere translation or abstraction from life; it is life itself.

There is nothing more fragile than civilization.

It is the little writer rather than the great writer who seems never to quote, and the reason is that he is never really doing anything else.

The largely objective character of beauty is further indicated by the fact that to a considerable extent beauty is the expression of health. A well and harmoniously developed body, tense muscles, an elastic and finely toned skin, bright eyes, grace and animation of carriage- all these things which are essential to beauty are the conditions of health.

What we call progress is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.

It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.

The relation of the individual person to the species he belongs to is the most intimate of all relations.