I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.

Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.

They get up early, because they have so much to do, and go to bed early, because they have so little to think about.

Women, as some witty Frenchman once put it, inspire us with the desire to do masterpieces and always prevent us from carrying them out.

The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim.

Sin is a thing that writes itself across a man's face. It cannot be concealed. People talk sometimes of secret vices, there are no such things. If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, the droop of his eyelids, the moulding of his hands even.

To be in love is to surpass one's self.