"Remember that you are an actor in a play, and the play is just as the author wishes it to be. If he wants it to be short, it is short; if long, it is long. If he wants you to play a beggar, play him c…"

"When you have decided that a thing is good, and you cling to it, then do not be ashamed to say that you cling to it."

"The true man is one who wills to be a man, and he who wills to be a man is a man."

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."

"If you are going to write, be content to be unlearned. If you are going to wrestle, be content to be beaten. For if you are not content with these things, you will not write, nor will you wrestle."