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.

The heart was made to be broken.

Good taste is the excuse I've always given for leading such a bad life

What men call the shadow of the body is not the shadow of the body, but is the body of the soul.

Never buy a thing you don't want merely because it is dear.

Only the shallow know themselves.

You told me you had destroyed it." "I was wrong. It has destroyed me.