I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite unbearable.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.

Every woman is a rebel.

I must say... that I ruined myself: and that nobody, great or small, can be ruined except by his own hand.

There is a luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves we feel no one else has a right to blame us.

The value of an idea has nothing whatever to do with the sincerity of the man who expresses it.

Don't give a woman advice; one should never give a woman anything she can't wear in the evening.