I never saw so many well-dressed, well-fed, business-looking Bohemians in my life.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize

It is only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art.

So lets knock a couple back and make some noise

The only form of fiction in which real characters do not seem out of place is history. In novels they are detestable.

Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear. Just as vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people. And falsehoods the truths of other people. Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself. To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.