The artist has a twofold relation to nature; he is at once her master and her slave.

Every spoken word arouses our self-will.

One needs only to get old to become milder; I don't see anyone make a mistake I hadn't also made.

Accepting good advice means nothing other than to strengthen one's own ability.

Every day I observe more and more the folly of judging of others by ourselves; and I have so much trouble with myself, and my own heart is in such constant agitation, that I am well content to let others pursue their own course, if they only allow me the same privilege.

Personality is everything in art and poetry.

The solution of every problem is another problem