A vain man can never be altogether rude. Desirous as he is of pleasing, he fashions his manners after those of others.

The day is of infinite length for him who knows how to appreciate and use it.

There is but one poetry,--true poetry.

Let's plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will -- it's only action that can make a man.

To be sure, a good work of art can and will have moral consequences, but to demand of the artists moral intentions, means ruiningtheir craft.

The proper place for liberality is in the realm of the emotions.

A lot of people do not care about your money until nearly penniless. They also do so with time