Classic art was the art of necessity: modern romantic art bears the stamp of caprice and chance.
There is truth in the high opinion that in so far as a man conforms, he ceases to exist.
A poet in history is divine, but a poet in the next room is a joke
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.
Laughter is, after speech, the chief thing that holds society together.
It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor.