"O, you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me."

"The more I think of it, the more I feel that there is something wrong with the whole business of publishing. The publishers are the real thieves."

"I am not satisfied with my work; I always want to do better."

"I wish I had been born a century later."

"I shall remain a bachelor all my life, as I have found no one who understands me."