The only thing worse than quoting me, is not quoting me

Behind Joy and Laughter there may be a temperament, coarse, hard and callous. But behind Sorrow there is always Sorrow. Pain, unlike Pleasure, wears no mask.

Art, like Nature, has her monsters

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's either the wallpaper or me. One of us has to go. [These were his dying words.]

If we men married the women we deserved, we should have a very bad time of it.

Philanthropy [has become] simply the refuge of people who wish to annoy their fellow creatures.