I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
One is absolutely sickened, not by crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments that the good have inflicted; and a community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime.
Imagination is a quality given to a man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humour is provided to console him for what he is.
A life without love is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring.