Calmness is the graceful form of Confidence.

Accident is veiled necessity.

Oh happy pessimists! What a joy it is to them to be able to prove again and again that there is no joy.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

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

Between being able to and actually doing something lies an ocean, and on its bottom rests all too often the wreck of willpower.

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