When you lead a life of scholarship$$$ you can't be bothered with the humorous realities$$$ you know$$$ tits$$$ that kind of thing.

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

There are only two types of women: goddesses and doormats.

I know nothing and my heart aches.

To have displeased evil and ignorant men is the sure sign of genius and virtue.

Just as in dicing$$$ Fortune smiles or lowers; When good luck beckons$$$ then your friend his gleeful service gives But basely flies when ruin o'er you towers.

Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do.

The best way to get a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

For a moment she rediscovered the purpose of life. She was here on earth to grasp the meaning of its wild enchantment and to call each thing by its right name

The greatness of a writer has nothing to do with subject matter itself$$$ only with how much the subject matter touches the author.