I am bound to say he never gave away any large sums of money to anybody. He is far too high-principled for that! - Oscar Wilde

I am always astonishing myself. It is the only thing that makes life worth living.

A pessimist is one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

Beauty is a form of Genius — is higher, indeed, than Genius, as it needs no explanation. It is one of the great facts of the world, like sunlight, or springtime, or the reflection in the dark waters of that silver shell we call the moon. It cannot be questioned. It has divine right of sovereignty. It makes princes of those who have it.