I am tired of myself to-night. I should like to be somebody else.
I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.
A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
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.