I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him. - Max Beerbohm

The dullard's envy of brilliant men is always assuaged by the suspicion that they will come to a bad end.

Only the insane take themselves quite seriously.

One has never known a good man to whom dogs were not dear; but many of the best women have no such fondness. You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men. For the attractive woman, dogs are mere dumb and restless brutes — possibly dangerous, certainly soulless. Yet will coquetry teach her to caress any dog in the presence of a man enslaved by her.