In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness.
Turning popular opinion upside down does not make an original.
The ideas of an age are most abundant where they are not crowded by original ideas.
The thing that pleases is not always good and, helas, the good thing does not always please.
The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.
To test a modest man's modesty do not investigate if he ignores applause, find out if he abides criticism.