To stay or to go, it amounted to the same thing.

Being is good, but getting rich is better.... If the gods had only the riches of men's adoration, they would be as poor as poor Caligula.

Generally, I like all islands. There, it is easier to rule.

I have always thought it would be easier to redeem a man steeped in vice and crime than a greedy, narrow-minded, pitiless merchant.

In order to be created, a work of art must first make use of the dark forces of the soul

My dear friend, we mustn't give them even the slightest excuse to judge us! Otherwise, we end up in pieces.

All great deeds and all great thoughts have a ridiculous beginning.