I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.
There is no man who is not, at each moment, what he has been and what he will be.
The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happy married life.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.