When I was young, I was no one. Now, I'm worldwilde.

Absolute catholicity of taste is not without its dangers. It is only an auctioneer who should admire all schools of art.

No man is rich enough to buy back his past.

It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opinion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless.

Pleasures may turn a heart to stone, riches may make it callous, but sorrows cannot break it. Hearts live by being wounded.

Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments

Look at the moon. How strange the moon seems! She is like a woman rising from a tomb. She is like a dead woman. One might fancy she was looking for dead things.