A naive man is nothing better than a fool. But you women contrive to be naive in such a way that in you it seems sweet, and gentle, and proper, and not as silly as it really is.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

It's easier to write about Socrates than about a young woman or a cook.

Death is terrifying, but it would be even more terrifying to find out that you are going to live forever and never die.

How unbearable at times are people who are happy, people for whom everything works out.

One usually dislikes a play while writing it, but afterward it grows on one. Let others judge and make decisions.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.