Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power.

Grief, first take on shape! what is shapeless causes fear and torment but when the enemy materializes, half the victory is won.

Dilettantes appreciate the work, professors the master at the same time.

An uprising would punish only the country, and that is out of the question. But there is yet another approach, the most effectiveform of resistance: contemptuous compliance.

A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.

Why does the past look so enticing to us? For the same reason why from a distance a meadow with flowers looks like a flower bed.

Perhaps the most embarrassing experience is being caught at a lie by a simpleton who sneers at our asinine cleverness.