Look Closely At Those Who Patronize You.

And Those Whom Once My Song Had Cheered And Gladdened, If Still They Live, Rove Through The World Now Saddened.

There Is No Surer Method Of Evading The World Than By Following Art, And No Surer Method Of Linking Oneself To It Than By Art.

No Two Men See The World Exactly Alike, And Different Temperaments Will Apply In Different Ways A Principle That They Both Acknowledge. The Same Man Will, Indeed, Often See And Judge The Same Things Differently On Different Occasions: Early Convictions Must Give Way To More Mature Ones. Nevertheless, May Not The Opinions That A Man Holds And Expresses Withstand All Trials, If He Only Remains True To Himself And Others?

The Happy Do Not Believe In Miracles.

A Vain Man Can Never Be Utterly Ruthless: He Wants To Win Applause And Therefore He Accommodates Himself To Others