An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.

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

The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its monstrous laws have made monstrous and unlawful.

I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.

The Number our envious Persons, confirmation our capability.

But then one regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality.

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.