I've never been in love. I've dreamt of it day and night, but my heart is like a fine piano no one can play because the key is lost.

Write, write, write-till your fingers break.

Faith is a capacity of the spirit. It is like talent: you have to be born with it

Write only of what is important and eternal.

The stupider the peasant, the better the horse understands him.

One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.

My mistress has come home; at last I've seen her. Now I'm ready to die.