What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

I am but too conscious of the fact that we are born in an age when only the dull are treated seriously, and I live in terror of not being misunderstood.

Let me be dressed as I will, yet flies worms and flowers exceed me still.

There is much to be said in favor of modern journalism. By giving us the opinions of the uneducated, it keeps us in touch with the ignorance of the community. By carefully chronicling the current events of contemporary life, it shows us of what very little importance such events really are. By invariably discussing the unnecessary, it makes us understand what things are requisite for culture, and what are not.

I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance

The only horrible thing in the world is ennui.