All art is quite useless.

I drink to separate my body from my soul.

Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship, and it is far the best ending for one.

People are very fond of giving away what they need most themselves. It is what I call the depth of generosity.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realize

She doth mean the earth to me! By earth, I actually mean dust.

It is perfectly monstrous,' he said, at last, 'the way people go about nowadays saying things against one behind one's back that are absolutely and entirely true.