To be loved at first sight, a man should have at the same time something to respect and something to pity in his face.

Logic is neither an art nor a science but a dodge.

Women are always eagerly on the lookout for any emotion.

The man of genius is he and he alone who finds such joy in his art that he will work at it come hell or high water.

Politics in a literary work, is like a gun shot in the middle of a concert, something vulgar, and however, something which is impossible to ignore.