Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.
It is a wonderful seasoning of all enjoyments to think of those we love.
Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.
The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.
It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable.
Betrayed and wronged in everything,
I’ll flee this bitter world where vice is king,
And seek some spot unpeopled and apart
Where I’ll be free to have an honest heart
A learned fool is more a fool than an ignorant fool.
Life is a tragedy to those who feel and a comedy to those who think.
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.”
My hate is general, I detest all men;
Some because they are wicked and do evil,
Others because they tolerate the wicked,
Refusing them the active vigorous scorn
Which vice should stimulate in virtuous minds.
We die only once, and for such a long time.
Hypocrisy is a fashionable vice, and all fashionable vices pass for virtue.