In love, what a woman mistakes for disgust is actually clearsightedness. If she does not admire a man, she scorns him.

In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it.

Conventions are often more cruel than the law.

Many men nourish a pride which urges them to conceal their struggles and show themselves only as conquerors.

When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich.

The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

At fifteen, beauty and talent do not exist; there can only be promise of the coming woman.