More than half of modern culture depends upon what one shouldn't read.

Even things that are true can be proved.

The liar at any rate recognizes that recreation, not instruction, is the aim of conversation, and is a far more civilized being than the blockhead who loudly expresses his disbelief in a story which is told simply for the amusement of the company.

It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection.

And with tears of blood he cleansed the hand, The hand that held the steel: For only blood can wipe out blood, And only tears can heal

I see that any materialism in life coarsens the soul, and that the hunger of the body and the appetites of the flesh desecrate always, and often destroy.

When we are happy, we are always good, but when we are good, we are not always happy.