the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life.

If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any.

Art, like Nature, has her monsters, things of bestial shape and with hideous voices.

The fact is, that civilization requires slaves. Unless there are slaves to do the ugly, horrible, uninteresting work, culture and contemplation become almost impossible.

A mask tells us more than a face.

The youth of the present day are quite monstrous. They have absolutely no respect for dyed hair.

A simile committing suicide is always a depressing spectacle.