I am not good. I am not virtuous. I am not sympathetic. I am not generous. I am merely and above all a creature of intense passionate feeling. I feel—everything. It is my genius. It burns me like fire.

Some people say that beauty is a curse. It may be true, but I'm sure I should not have at all minded being cursed a little.

Of poets I put Virgil first - he was greatest.

One must always say things that aim to interest, because in the world one must after all pay for one's keep.

The art of Good Eating has two essential points: one must eat only when one is hungry, and one must take small bites.

There is really no right and wrong. I recognize no right and wrong.

Let me but make a beginning, let me but strike the world in a vulnerable spot, and I can take it by storm.