Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.
No man knows himself as an original.
Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.
He who has no pleasure in looking up, is not fit so much as to look down.
Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.
The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor.