“When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers.”

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

The only excuse for making a useless thing is that one admires it intensely.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.