It is art, and art only, that reveals us to ourselves.

Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working.

The worst vice of the fanatic is his sincerity.

Ah, on what little things does happiness depend! I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops.

The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art is ridiculous.

To be good is to be in harmony with oneself. Discord is to be forced to be in harmony with others.