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.

To become a work of art is the object of living.

The world is changed because you are made of ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history.

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

If there was less sympathy in the world, there would be less trouble in the world.

I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.