A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity.
A brave soul is a thing which all things serve.
To-day is always different from yesterday.
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
To have to die is a distinction of which no man is proud.
The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself.