With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.
Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.
The vain being is the really solitary being.
What will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds. These four words hold sway everywhere.
Imagination is the mightiest despot.
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.