You never see the old austerity That was the essence of civility; Young people hereabouts, unbridled, now Just want.

Doubts are more cruel than the worst of truths.

Solitude terrifies the soul at twenty.

I might, by chance, write something just as shoddy; But then I wouldn't show it to everybody.

According to the saying of an ancient philosopher, one should eat to live, and not live to eat

There is no secret of the heart which our actions do not disclose.

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.