He had the vanity to believe men did not like him – while men simply did not know him.

Our ignorance of history causes us to slander our own times. The ordinary person today lives better than a king did a century ago but is ungrateful!

By dint of railing at idiots, one runs the risk of becoming an idiot oneself.

The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.

Noble characters and pure affections and happy scenes are very comforting things. They're a refuge from life's disillusionments.

You don’t make art out of good intentions.

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet.