The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses.

Those who set out to serve both God and Mammon soon discover that there isn't a God.

A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent

The lusts and greeds of the body scandalize the Soul; but it has to come to heel.

The test of enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.

What pursuit is more elegant than that of collecting the ignominies of our nature and transfixing them for show, each on the bright pin of a polished phrase?

If you are losing your leisure, look out! You are losing your soul.