It is only through Art and through Art only that we can realize our perfection; Through Art and art only that we can shield ourselves from the sordid perils of actual existence.

A good friend will always stab you in the front.

I think life too complex a thing to be settled by these hard and fast rules.

[on his deathbed in a Paris hotel room] Either this wallpaper goes, or I do.

When one pays a visit it is for the purpose of wasting other people's time, not one's own.

Moderation is a fatal thing. Enough is as bad as a meal. More than enough is as good as a feast.

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.