A flower blossoms for its own joy.

George Moore leads his readers to the latrine and locks them in.

Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

I am a born antinomian. I am one of those who are made for exceptions, not for laws. But while I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does, I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

The camera, you know, will never capture you. Photography, in my experience, has the miraculous power of transferring wine into water.

Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.

They are the elect to whom beautiful things mean only Beauty.