It Is Easier To Be

The Ordinary True, Or Purely Real, Cannot Be The Object Of The Arts. Illusion On A Ground Of Truth,--that Is The Secret Of The Fine Arts.

Pleasures Are Always Children, Pains Always Have Wrinkles.

Words Become Luminous When The Poet's Finger Has Passed Over Them Its Phosphorescence.

It Would Be Next To Impossible To Discover A Handsome Woman Who Was Not Also A Vain Woman.

If Fortune Wishes To Make A Man Estimable, She Gives Him Virtues; If She Wishes To Make Him Esteemed, She Gives Him Success.