Life is a succession of afflictions for the heart.
Genius, whether locked up in a cell or roaming at large, is always solitary.
My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained obscure; I have done worse -- I have touched success, and allowed it to escape me.
Art speaks only to the mind, whereas nature speaks to all the faculties.
You don't have to write to me if you don't feel like it. There's no real friendship without absolute freedom.
Simplicity is the most difficult thing to secure in this world; it is the last limit of experience and the last effort of genius.