Sin is the only real colour element left in modern life.

Football is all very well as a game for rough girls, but is hardly suitable for delicate boys.

Murder is always a mistake. One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.

I have a simple taste, only the best.