Who, being loved, is poor? - Oscar Wilde

a new Hedonism that was to recreate life and to save it from that harsh uncomely puritanism that is having, in our own day, its curious revival. It was to have its service of the intellect, certainly, yet it was never to accept any theory or system that would involve the sacrifice of any mode of passionate experience.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise

I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.