The decline in literature indicates a decline in the nation. The two keep pace in their downward tendency.

We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.

The new vulcanism is really a daring attempt to connect the present, incomprehensible world to a past, unknown one.

Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.

As for what I have done as a poet, I take no pride in whatever. Excellent poets have lived at the same time with me, poets more excellent lived before me, and others will come after me. But that in my country I am the only person who knows the truth in the difficult science of colors-of that, I say, I am not a little proud, and here have a consciousness of superiority to many.

Colour itself is a degree of darkness.

A man would create another man if one did not already exist, but a woman might live an eternity without even thinking of reproducing her own sex.