To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.

Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!

Whoever prefers the material comforts of life over intellectual wealth is like the owner of a palace who moves into the servants’ quarters and leaves the sumptuous rooms empty.

New happiness too must be learned to bear.

Since the well-known victory over the hare by the tortoise, the descendants of the tortoise think themselves miracles of speed.

Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.

To be content with little is difficult; to be content with much, impossible.