Children begin by loving their parents; after a time they judge them; rarely, if ever, do they forgive them.

In the old times men carried out their rights for themselves as they lived, but nowadays every baby seems born with a social manifesto in its mouth much bigger than itself.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

What between the duties expected of one during one's lifetime, and the duties exacted from one after one's death, land has ceased to be either a profit or a pleasure. It gives one position, and prevents one from keeping it up. That's all that can be said about land.

I am jealous of everything whose beauty does not die.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

How marriage ruins a man! It is as demoralizing as cigarettes, and far more expensive.