You like every one; that is to say, you are indifferent to every one.

Morality does not help me. I am a born antinomian...I see that there is nothing wrong in what one does. I see that there is something wrong in what one becomes.

I had a strange feeling that Fate had in store for me exquisite joys and exquisite sorrows.

We can have in life but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

In designing the scenery and costumes for any of Shakespeare's plays, the first thing the artist has to settle is the best date for the drama. This should be determined by the general spirit of the play more than by any actual historical references which may occur in it.

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.