The rule for traveling abroad is to take our common sense with us, and leave our prejudices behind.
Rules and models destroy genius and art.
Talent is the capacity of doing anything that depends on application and industry and it is a voluntary power, while genius is involuntary.
Nothing is more unjust or capricious than public opinion.
If you give an audience a chance they will do half your acting for you.
To expect an author to talk as he writes is ridiculous; or even if he did you would find fault with him as a pedant.