He had uttered a mad wish that he himself might remain untarnished, and the face on the canvas bear the burden of his passions and his sins; that the painted image might be seared with the lines of suffering and thought, and that he might keep all the delicate bloom and loveliness of his then just conscious boyhood.

The evolution of man is slow. The injustice of men is great.

We are specially designed to appeal to the sense of humour.

The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.

My life-my whole life- take it, and do with it what you will. I love you-love you as I have never loved any living thing. From the moment I met you I loved you, loved you blindly, adoringly,madly! You didn't know it then-you know it now.

The burden of this world is too great for one man to bear, and the world’s sorrow too heavy for one heart to suffer.

I like to do all the talking myself. It saves time, and prevents arguments.