People ask for criticism, but they only want praise.

Because a man can write great works he is none the less a man.

I thought it was only in revealed religion that a mistranslation improved the sense.

One cannot find peace in work or in pleasure, in the world or in a convent, but only in one's soul.

All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when they are not treated as they think they should be, will by well-directed shafts, constantly repeated, poison the minds of their patrons against those who have provoked their animosity. It is well to keep in with them.

In the conduct of life we make use of deliberation to justify ourselves in doing what we want to do.

There are directors who desire to be artistic. It is pathetic to compare the seriousness of their aim with the absurdity of their attainment.