The most intangible, and therefore the worst, kind of a lie is a half truth. This is the peculiar device of a conscientious detractor.

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.

Hell is truth known too late.

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

You will observe that the stories told are all about money-seekers, not about money-finders.

Within my palm there is a world, a world as delicate as a bubble!

Nothing but a speck we seem In the waste of waters round, Floating, floating like a dream, Outward bound.

Develop your Intuition so that the changes in the years to come may be convenient for you.

As the saying goes, behind every great man is an even greater woman. I guess playing Hera [in Wonder Woman] means that I'm, well, not only Queen of the Gods, I'm better than he is!

Teachers themselves know if there's a colleague who can't keep control or keep the interest of their class, it affects the whole school.

The eye altering, alters all.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.