"The true artist will always be a pauper."

"It is with literature as with women: one must have a certain experience to appreciate its value."

"I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it."

"I have a very strong belief in the transmigration of souls."

"Almighty God! —no, no! They heard! —they suspected! —they knew! —they were making a mockery of my horror! —this I thought, and this I think."