The worst of having a romance of any kind is that it leaves one so unromantic.

I am Irish by race but the English have condemned me to talk the language of Shakespeare.

The one duty we owe to history is to rewrite it.

Most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Fashion is what one wears oneself. What is unfashionable is what other people wear.

The worst thing to do with success, is to boast about it.

Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When I came hither I slipped in blood, which is an evil omen; and I heard, I am sure I heard in the air a beating of wings, a beating of giant wings. I cannot tell what they mean .... I am sad to-night. Therefore dance for me. Dance for me, Salomé, I beseech you. If you dance for me you may ask of me what you will, and I will give it you, even unto the half of my kingdom.