Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

People more easily tolerate opposition than a contradiction

To have and not to give is often worse than to steal.

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

We are valued wither too highly or not high enough; we are never taken at our real worth.

An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never.

Genius points the way, talent takes it.