It is only before those who are glad to hear it, and anxious to spread it, that we find it easy to speak ill of others.

The true worth of a soul is revealed as much by the motive it attributes to the actions of others as by its own deeds.

The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick.

There are wounds of self-love which one does not confess to one's dearest friends.

We forget the origin of a parvenu if he remembers it; we remember it if he forgets it.

Another life, if it were not better than this, would be less a promise than a threat.

Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.