The surest way to prevent seditions...is to take away the matter of them.
The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.
Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
When a bee stings, she dies. She cannot sting and live. When men sting, their better selves die. Every sting kills a better instinct. Men must not turn bees and kill themselves in stinging others.
I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.