“Besides what endless brawls by wives are bred,The curtain lecture makes a mournful bed.”

“Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.”

“Must this with farce and folly rack myhead unpunish'd ? that with sing-song,Whine me dead?”

“A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.”

“All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.”

“I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.”

“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”

“Better to work for yourself alone. You do as you like and follow your own ideas, you admire yourself and please yourself: isnt that the main thing? And then the public is so stupid. Besides, who re...”

“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.”