Admiration involves a glorious obliquity of vision.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best. Genius must always have lapses proportionate to its triumphs.
True dandyism is the result of an artistic temperament working upon a fine body within the wide limits of fashion.
Fate weaves the darkness, which is perhaps why she weaves so badly.
A hundred eyes were fixed on her, and half as many hearts lost to her.
The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.