Lo! with a little rod I did but touch the honey of romance — And must I lose a soul's inheritance?

Any place you love is the world to you.

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

Sometimes it takes courage to give into temptation.

The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious.

And once, or twice, to throw the dice is a gentlemanly game, But he does not win who plays with Sin in the secret house of shame

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. ...Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of Individualism that the world has known. ...Art is Individualism.