Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.
The person I miss most is the one I could have been.
If you leave the smallest corner of your head vacant for a moment, other people's opinions will rush in from all quarters.
[Man] progresses in all things by making a fool of himself.
I never climbed any ladder: I have achieved eminence by sheer gravitation.
Instead of Otello being an Italian opera written in the style of Shakespeare, Othello is a play written by Shakespeare in the style of Italian opera.