Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
For one moment our lives met, our souls touched.
A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.
The gods are strange. It is not our vices only they make instruments to scourge us. They bring us to ruin through what in us is good, gentle, humane, loving.
A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
Would you like to know the great drama of my life? It is that I have put my genius into my life...I have put only my talent into my works.