An egg is always an adventure; the next one may be different.
It is he who has broken the bond of marriage - not I. I only break its bondage.
God's eternal laws are kind-and break the heart of stone.
I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified. As for the mob, I have no desire to be a popular novelist. It is far too easy.
If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat.
Art creates an incomparable and unique effect, and, having done so, passes on to other things. Nature, upon the other hand, forgetting that that imitation can be made the sincerest form of insult, keeps on repeating this effect until we all become absolutely wearied of it.