Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs.

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for.

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

With our parents we bury our past, with our children our future.

Runners are poor walkers.

Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right.