Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.

If life were organized, there would be no need for art.

Understanding is the beginning of approving.

The miser puts his gold pieces into a coffer; but as soon as the coffer is closed, it is as if it were empty.

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

Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor.

If one could recover the uncompromising spirit of one's youth, one's greatest indignation would be for what one has become.