We should enjoy this summer, flower by flower, as if it were to be the last one we’ll see.

I find just as much profit in cultivating my hates as my loves.

Mozart's joy is made of serenity, and a phrase of his music is like a calm thought; his simplicity is merely purity. It is a crystalline thing in which all the emotions play a role, but as if already celestially transposed. Moderation consists in feeling emotions as the angels do.

There is no work of art that is without short cuts.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

In order to judge properly, one must get away somewhat from what one is judging, after having loved it. This is true of countries, of persons, and of oneself.

The color of truth is gray.