Life would be dull without them.
Beauty is the only thing that time cannot harm. Philosophies fall away like sand, and creeds follow one another like the withered leaves of Autumn; but what is beautiful is a joy for all seasons and a possession for all eternity.
Put your talent into your work, but your genius into your life.
I have never learned anything except from people younger than myself.
There is something tragic about the enormous number of young men there are in England at the present moment who start life with perfect profiles, and end by adopting some useful profession.
When both a speaker and an audience are confused, the speech is profound.
To toil for a hard master is bitter, but to have no master to toil for is more bitter still.
Life, Lady Stutfield, is simply a mauvais quart d’heure made up of exquisite moments.
Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved.
Genius learns from nature, its own nature. Talent learns from art.
It often happens that the real tragedies of life occur in such an inartistic manner that they hurt us by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.
Judges, like the criminal classes, have their lighter moments.
The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles me.
If the poor only had profiles there would be no difficulty in solving the problem of poverty.
God’s eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.
I do not approve of anything which tampers with natural ignorance.
I dislike modern memoirs. They are generally written by people who have either entirely lost their memories, or have never done anything worth remembering.
One should never make one’s entrance with a scandal. One should reserve that to give an interest to one’s old age.
Never buy anything simply because it is expensive.
I am afraid he has one of those terribly weak natures that are susceptible to influence.