The essence of thought, as the essence of life, is growth.
History is merely gossip
Conversation should touch everything, but should concentrate itself on nothing.
Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling. To be natural is to be obvious, and to be obvious is to be inartistic.
Oh, brothers! I don't care for brothers. My elder brother won't die, and my younger brothers seem never to do anything else.