My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.

It is not the man who is beside himself, but he who is cool and collected,--who is master of his countenance, of his voice, of his actions, of his gestures, of every part of his play,--who can work upon others at his pleasure.

The following general definition of an animal: a system of different organic molecules that have combined with one another, under the impulsion of a sensation similar to an obtuse and muffled sense of touch given to them by the creator of matter as a whole, until each one of them has found the most suitable position for its shape and comfort.

Instinct guides the animal better than the man. In the animal it is pure, in man it is led astray by his reason and intelligence.

They mistake the first manifestations of a developing sexual nature for the voice of God calling them to Himself; and it is precisely when nature is inciting them that they embrace a fashion of life contrary to nature's wish.

We swallow with one gulp the lie that flatters us, and drink drop by drop the truth which is bitter to us.

Shakespeare's fault is not the greatest into which a poet may fall. It merely indicates a deficiency of taste.