Alas...I too have known love, that ruler of hearts, that soul of our soul: it's never brought me anything except one kiss and twenty kicks in the rump. How could such a beautiful cause produce such an abominable effect on you?
If God has made us in his image, we have returned him the favor.
The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.
Fame is a heavy burden.
The composition of a tragedy requires testicles.
Every beauty, when out of it's place, is a beauty no longer.