I do not like to "interest" the public with myself.
Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times.
Life must be a constant education; one must learn everything, from speaking to dying.
The writer must wade into life as into the sea, but only up to the navel.
Talent is a long patience.
They took each other's advice, opened one book, went over to another, then did not know what to decide when opinions diverged so widely.