People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!

There are times when to be reasonable is to be cowardly.

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.

Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.

One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.