God will have life to be real; we will be damned, but it shall be theatrical.
The world makes way for the man who knows where he is going
Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey the laws too well.
The Artist always has the masters in his eyes.
You cannot kindle a fire in any other heart until it is burning in your own.
That which we call character is a reserved force which acts directly by presence, and without means. It is conceived of as a certain undemonstrable force, a familiar or genius, by whose impulses the man is guided, but whose counsels he cannot impart.