I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.

To be a mere verbal critic is what no man of genius would be if he could; but to be a critic of true taste and feeling is what no man without genius could be if he would.

Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.

It is with antiquity as with ancestry, nations are proud of the one, and individuals of the other; but if they are nothing in themselves, that which is their pride ought to be their humiliation.

There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.

Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.