There are few sorrows in which a good income is of no avail.
For souls in growth, great quarrels are great emancipations.
The notion of making money by popular work, and then retiring to do good work, is the most familiar of all the devil's traps for artists.
A slight touch of friendly malice and amusement towards those we love keeps our affections for them from turning flat.
It is the wretchedness of being rich that you have to live with rich people.
Hearts that are delicate and kind and tongues that are neither - these make the finest company in the world.