The great natures which are good, are above everything generous and don't begrudge the giving of themselves.
Talent is long patience.
A superhuman will is needed in order to write, and I am only a man.
The most important thing in the world is to hold your soul aloft.
Of all the icy blasts that blow on love, a request for money is the most chilling.
He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.