I laugh at my heart, and do its will

Man is a simple being, and however rich, varied, and unfathomable he may be, the cycle of his situations is soon run through.

The passions are like those demons with which Afrasahiab sailed down the Orus. Our only safety consists in keeping them asleep. If they we are lost.

Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. If you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.

Commonplaceness, the surrender to the average, that good which is not bad but still the enemy of the best - That is our besetting danger.

Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.

An actor should take lessons from a painter and a sculptor.