There is one thing worse than an absolutely loveless marriage: a marriage in which there is love, but on one side only.

Education is very admirable but let us not forget that anything worth knowing cannot be taught.

Too much work, and no vacation, Deserves at least a small libation. So hail! my friends, and raise your glasses, Work's the curse of the drinking classes.

Don't run down dyed hair and painted faces. There is an extraordinary charm in them, sometimes.

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

Truth in art is the unity of a thing with itself: the outward rendered expressive of the inward: the soul made incarnate: the body instinct with spirit. For this reason there is no truth comparable to sorrow.

She was a curious woman, whose dresses always looked as if they had been designed in a rage and put on in a tempest. She was usually in love with somebody, and, as her passion was never returned, she had kept all her illusions. She tried to look picturesque, but only succeeded in being untidy.