Character is not something that you are born with and can't change, like your fingerprints. It's something you weren't born with and must take responsibility for forming.

The essential function of art is moral.

Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

Reading good literature is like experiencing love: it changes you.