If a man treats life artistically, his brain is his heart.

I've now realised for the first time in my life the vital Importance of Being Earnest.

Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

The study of law is sublime, and its practice vulgar.

It is a sad truth, but we have lost the faculty of giving lovely names to things. Names are everything. I never quarrel with actions. My one quarrel is with words. The man who could call a spade a spade should be compelled to use one. It is the only thing he is fit for.

The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in?