“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do”
“Every human being is intended to have a character of his own; to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do”
“The vices of some men are magnificent”
“This is something that I cannot get over, that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be built on the quicksand of a character”
“When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.'”
“Artists have a right to be modest and a duty to be vain”
“The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs”
“It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort which he puts forward to reach the truth, which constitutes the worth of a man.”