What one doesn't understand one doesn't possess.

Tolerance comes of age. I see no fault committed that I myself could not have committed at some time or other.

Let there be truth between us.

It is commonly the personal character of a writer which gives him his public significance. It is not imparted by his genius. Napoleon said of Corneille, "Were he living I would make him a king;" but he did not read him. He read Racine, yet he said nothing of the kind of Racine.

But the valid issue is the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

Passions are defects or virtues in the highest power.