“Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.”

“Time is a jewel more worth than a world. Time is not yours to dispose of as you please; it is a glorious talent that men must be accountable for as well as any other talent.”

“There must be something in books, something we can’t imagine, to make a woman stay in a burning house; there must be something there. You don’t stay for nothing.”

“Having found nothing worth more than emptiness, he leaves space vacant.”

“The only thing more unthinkable than leaving was staying; the only thing more impossible than staying was leaving.”

“Artistic talent is far more common than the talent toartistic talent. Any parent with a hard hand can crush it, but to nurture it is much more difficult.”

“The common people are nothing more than the raw material of which a People is made.”

“If somebody wants to stay in their house, that’s great. They should be allowed to stay in their house, and they should not be compelled to leave. But to say that they cannot leave their house, and they will be arrested if they do, this is fascist. This is not democratic. This is not freedom.”

“You can do something with talent, but nothing with genius….”

“Nothing infuriates an academic more than a talented and successful colleague.”