Know thyself' was written over the portal of the antique world. Over the portal of the new world, 'Be thyself' shall be written.
The only one you need in your life is that person who shows you he needs you in his.
A writer is someone who has taught his mind to misbehave.
Prism! Where is that baby?
At every single moment of one's life one is what one is going to be no less than what one has been.
When our eyes met, I felt that I was growing pale. A curious sensation of terror came over me. I knew that I had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would absorb my whole nature, my whole soul, my very art itself.