He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.
The mediocre always feel as if they’re fighting for their lives when confronted by the excellent.
The greatest enemy of justice is privilege.
Where would the power of women be, were it not for the vanity of men?
Pity is love in undress.
Many priceless things can be bought.
Consider well before you immerse yourself in solitude whether your own company will be good for you.
The manuscript in the drawer either rots or ripens.
The insignificant labor; the great create.
Our greatest indulgence towards a man springs from our despair of him.
Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.
So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.
Not every great man is a grand human being.
Only those few people who practice it believe in goodness.
To accept reason is impossible if you don’t already possess it.
Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game there are no poachers.
Believe flatterers and you’re lost; believe your enemies and you despair.
None are so inconsiderate as those who demand nothing of life other than their own personal comfort.
Do not fear the ones who argue, but rather those who are evasive.