I really don't see anything romantic in proposing. It is very romantic to be in love. But there is nothing romantic about a definite proposal. Why, one may be accepted. One usually is, I believe. Then the excitement is all over. The very essence of romance is uncertainty. If ever I get married, I'll certainly try to forget the fact.

There are moments when art attains almost to the dignity of manual labor.

The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.

Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable.

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.

Despotism is unjust to everybody, including the despot, who was probably made for better things.