Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

Art is born of humiliation.

We are lived by powers we pretend to understand.

In a game, just losing is almost as satisfying as just winning... In life the loser's score is always zero.

All good art is in the nature of a letter written to amuse a sick friend. Too much art, particularly in our time, is only a letter written to oneself.

Desire, even in its wildest tantrums, can neither persuade me it is love nor stop me from wishing it were.

Encased in talent like a uniform, The rank of every poet is well known; They can amaze us like a thunderstorm, Or die so young, or live for years alone.