I want to be good. I can't bear the idea of my soul being hideous.

Good intentions have been the ruin of the world. The only people who have achieved anything have been those who have had no intentions at all.

Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.

In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.

Don't squander the gold of your days, listening to the tedious, trying to improve the hopeless failure, or giving away your life to the ignorant, the common, and the vulgar

The happiness of a married man depends on the people he has not married.

She doth mean the earth to me! By earth, I actually mean dust.