If art is to have a special train, the critic must keep some seats reserved on it.
The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability.
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.
My friend is not allowed to go out today. I sit by his side and read him passages from his own life. They fill him with surprise. Everyone should keep someone else's diary; I sometimes suspect you of keeping mine.
If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.