Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open.

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.

Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind.

The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets.

Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect.

Never judge a work of art by its defects.

Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other.

Reputation is but a synonym of popularity: dependent on suffrage, to be increased or diminished at the will of the voters.

Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home.

No man knows himself as an original.

The most common disguise of Envy is in praise of what is subordinate.

I sometimes wish I could spontaneously combust. Burn until nothing but ash is left, to be washed away by the wind and the rain.

Sleep's what we need. It produces an emptiness in us into which sooner or later energies flow.

Change the economic base and you will change human beings.

If you're feeling insecure and you need to feel special, the best place to go is somewhere foreign where people treat you as special because you're different.

My axiom is, to succeed in business: avoid my example.

I know the void, the void knows me. It keeps us weak; the void told me.

A person who cannot handle setbacks will never handle victories either.

My oldest brother was a big influence on the films I watched as a kid.

You can actually alter a person's perception when they're that young. I mean, it can affect them in a very positive way.

It is amazing how many people seem to think that the government exists to turn their prejudices into law.