To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.

I worshipped you too much. I am punished for it. You worshipped yourself too much. We are both punished.

It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal.

The poet is the supreme artist, for he is the master of colour and of form, and the real musician besides, and is lord over all life and all arts.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

The good we get from art is not what we learn from it; it is what we become through it.

What is beautiful is a joy for all seasons.