One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

Reforms in Russia are very tragic, but they always end in a farce.

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.

What is abnormal in Life stands in normal relations to Art. It is the only thing in Life that stands in normal relations to Art.

Then there was a man who said, 'I never knew what real happiness was until I got married; by then it was too late'

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

Anybody can sympathise with all the sufferings of the pal, nevertheless it involves an extremely great mother nature to sympathise by using a friend's achievement.