Youth! There is nothing like youth. The middle-aged are mortgaged to Life. The old are in Life's lumber-room. But youth is the Lord of Life. Youth has a kingdom waiting for it. Every one is born a king, and most people die in exile.

Women treat us [men] like humanity treats gods – they worship us and keep bothering us to do something.

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.

God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.

When one has never heard a man's name in the course of one's life, it speaks volumes for him; he must be quite respectable.

Words! Mere words! How terrible they were! How clear, and vivid, and cruel! One could not escape from them. And yet what a subtle magic there was in them!

Imagination is imitative-the real innovation lies in criticism.