I consider him of no account who esteems himself just as the popular breath may chance to raise him.

It is a maxim of wise government to treat people not as they should be but as they actually are.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

Publishers are all cohorts of the devil; there must be a special hell for them somewhere.

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

No wonder we are all more or less pleased with mediocrity, since it leaves us at rest, and gives the same comfortable feeling as when one associates with his equals.

Only by joy and sorrow does a person know anything about themselves and their destiny. They learn what to do and what to avoid.