Though of all poses a moral pose is the most offensive, still to have a pose at all is something.

I delight in men over seventy. They always offer one the devotion of a lifetime.

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything.

What a pity that in life we only get our lessons when they are of no use to us.

I have said to you to speak the truth is a painful thing. To be forced to tell lies is much worse.

Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

I never approve, or disapprove, of anything now. It is an absurd attitude to take towards life. We are not sent into the world to air our moral prejudices. I never take any notice of what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do. If a personality fascinates me, whatever mode of expression that personality selects is absolutely delightful to me.