I needn't tell you that success and failure prove nothing - the whole thing is a lottery. It's pleasant to succeed; but for a philosophic mind it oughtn't to be very upsetting to fail.
George SandThe most honest of men is the one who thinks and acts best, but the most powerful is the one who writes and speaks best.
George SandThe world will know and understand me someday. But if that day does not arrive, it does not greatly matter. I shall have opened the way for other women.
George Sand