There is nothing new in art except talent.
Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.
I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write.
The more cultured a man, the less fortunate he is.
When one longs for a drink, it seems as though one could drink a whole ocean-that is faith; but when one begins to drink, one can only drink altogether two glasses-that is science.
I promise to be a splendid husband, but give me a wife who, like the moon, won't in my sky every day...