I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops.

Every single work of art is the fulfillment of a prophecy; for every work of art is the conversion of an idea into an image.

If you don't get everything you want, think of the things you don't get that you don't want.

I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.

One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.

Ah! The strength of women comes from the fact that psychology cannot explain us. Men can be analyzed, women...merely adored.