Without mysticism man can achieve nothing great.

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

Oh, would that my mind could let fall its dead ideas, as the tree does its withered leaves! And without too many regrets, if possible! Those from which the sap has withdrawn. But, good Lord, what beautiful colors!

Man's first and greatest victory must be won against the gods.

The truth is that as soon as we are no longer obliged to earn our living, we no longer know what to do with our life and recklessly squander it.

Money cannot buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable. Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

The great artist is one whom constraint exalts, for whom the obstacle is a springboard.