A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want.

Pleasures may turn a heart to stone, riches may make it callous, but sorrows cannot break it. Hearts live by being wounded.

To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.

True friends stab you in the front.

I walk the world in wonder.

It was a fatal day when the public discovered that the pen is mightier than the paving-stone and can be made as offensive as a brickbat.

If you want to be witty, say what you think at all times