The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.

The best pleasures of this world are not quite true.

Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

People are always talking about originality, but what do they mean? As soon as we are born, the world begins to work upon us, and this goes on to the end.

The universal subjugator, the commonplace.

We're only really thinking when we can't think out fully what we are really thinking about!