On the stage one must not confuse the nature of a personality with the naturalness of a person.

Life is an effort that deserves a better cause.

I can say with pride that I have spent days and nights not reading anything, and that with unflagging energy I use every moment toacquire gradually an encyclopedic lack of education.

To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to man, not to other dogs.

The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.

Most people only do what they are asked to do; success comes to those who do a little more.

A plagiarist should be made to copy the author a hundred times.