The more I produce, the less I am certain. On the road along which the artist walks, night falls ever more densely. Finally, he dies blind.

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.

I have a good, hearty laugh and an energetic handshake, and those are trump cards.

But above all, in order to be, never try to seem.

I used to advertise my loyalty and I don't believe there is a single person I loved that I didn't eventually betray.

It is not rebellion itself which is noble but the demands it makes upon us.

After all, every murderer when he kills runs the risk of the most dreadful of deaths, whereas those who kill him risk nothing except promotion.