All sects seem to me to be right in what they assert, and wrong in what they deny.

The experiences show us just as we are; they make us see our own defects.

Of the truly creative no one is ever master; it must be left to go its own way.

I hate every violent overthrow, because as much is destroyed as is gained by it.

To accept good advice is but to increase one's own ability.

Superstition is the poesy of practical life; hence, a poet is none the worse for being superstitious.

The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.