The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.
I can resist anything but the temptation to make a clever witticism.
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
Art only begins where Imitation ends.
It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.
An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.