It is a curious fact that people are never so trivial as when they take themselves seriously

I quite agree with Dr. Nordau's assertion that all men of genius are insane, but Dr. Nordau forgets that all sane people are idiots.

To begin with, I dined there on Monday, and once a week is quite enough to dine with one's own relations.

Hard work is amply the refuge of those who have nothing to do.

The camera, you know, will never capture you. Photography, in my experience, has the miraculous power of transferring wine into water.

Caricature is the tribute which mediocrity pays to genius.

It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.