Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
All bad poetry springs from genuine feeling.
A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is, that things are what they are and will be what they will be.
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.
A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.
The advantage of the emotions is that they lead us astray.
A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.
It is better to be beautiful than to be good. But... it is better to be good than to be ugly.
The world is divided into two classes, those who believe the incredible, and those who do the improbable.
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
A good friend will always stab you in the front.
“It takes great deal of courage to see the world in all its tainted glory, and still to love it.
Live! Live the wonderful life that is in you! Let nothing be lost upon you. Be always searching for new sensations. Be afraid of nothing.
Society often forgives the criminal; it never forgives the dreamer.
We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.
Some things are more precious because they don't last long
Life is far too important a thing ever to talk seriously about.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
The truth is rarely pure and never simple.
There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.