“Men willingly believe what they wish”

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great”

“If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man”

“The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law”

“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”

“Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others”