I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am.
A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.
Art is something that is so perfectly clear that no one comprehends it.
Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works which are by the critics who write critiques about them.
Talent is often a defect in character.
Children today laugh at fathers who tell them about dragons. It is necessary to make fear a required subject; otherwise children will never learn it.