Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

Fantastic shadows of birds

There can be nothing more frequent than an occasional drink.

Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are shameful.

Most people are boring and stupid.

The British cook, for her iniquities, is a foolish woman who should be turned into a pillar of salt which she never knows how to use.

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. ...Art is the most intense mode of Individualism that the world has known. I am inclined to say that it is the only real mode of Individualism that the world has known. ...Art is Individualism.