The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.

The contemplation of truth and beauty is the proper object for which we were created, which calls forth the most intense desires of the soul, and of which it never tires.

There is no prejudice so strong as that which arises from a fancied exemption from all prejudice.

We must be doing something to be happy.

Reflection makes men cowards.

The dupe of friendship, and the fool of love; have I not reason to hate and to despise myself? Indeed I do; and chiefly for not having hated and despised the world enough.

Dandyism is a species of genius.