In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.

Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.

We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.

To get back to my youth I would do anything in the world, except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable

A man who can dominate a London dinner table can dominate the world. The future belongs to the dandy. It is the exquisites who are going to rule.

A arte é a mais intensa forma de individualismo que o mundo conhece.