In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

Let him who believes in immortality enjoy his happiness in silence; he has no reason to give himself airs about it.

Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.

They should be ashamed of themselves, all these sober people!

What people call the spirit of the times is mostly their own spirit in which the times mirror themselves.