A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.

The English have a miraculous power of turning wine into water.

Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The real schools should be the streets.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.

I never take any notice to what common people say, and I never interfere with what charming people do.

Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.

Wherever there is a man who exercises authority, there is a man who resists authority.