I am a little deaf, a little blind, a little important and on top of this are two or three abominable infirmities, but nothing destroys my hope.
It is only through timidity that states are lost.
All is but illusion and disaster.
Fame is a heavy burden.
It is the characteristic of the most stringent censorships that they give credibility to the opinions they attack.
If you are attacked as regards your style, never reply; it is for your work alone to make answer.