Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.

Be happy, be happy; you shall have your red rose. I will build it out of music by moonlight, and stain it with my own heart's-blood. All that I ask of you in return is that you will be a true lover, for Love is wiser than Philosophy, though she is wise, and mightier than Power, though he is mighty.

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.

It was you I thought of all the time, I gave to them the love you did not need: lavished on them a love that was not theirs.

He is really not so ugly after all, provided, of course, that one shuts one's eyes, and does not look at him.

The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.