She wore far too much rouge last night and not quite enough clothes. That is always a sign of despair in a woman.

He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.

Make some sacrifice for your art and you will be repaid, but ask of art to sacrifice herself for you and a bitter disappointment may come to you.

Most people live for love and admiration. But it is by love and admiration that we should live.

If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.

Like all people who try to exhaust a subject, he exhausted his listeners.

To believe is very dull. To doubt is intensely engrossing. To be on the alert is to live, to be lulled into security is to die.