Strike the dog dead, it's but a critic!

There is not a single outward mark of courtesy that does not have a deep moral basis.

There is no remedy but love for the great superiority of others

I hate all explanations; they who make them deceive either themselves or the other party,-generally both.

There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.

Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him what to seek and what to avoid. For the rest, man is a confused creature; he knows not whence he comes or whither he goes, he knows little of the world, and above all, he knows little of himself.

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