A man thinks he owns things, and it is he who is owned

What eludes logic is the most precious element in us, and one can draw nothing from a syllogism that the mind has not put there in advance.

He who makes great demands upon himself is naturally inclined to make great demands on others.

Most quarrels amplify a misunderstanding.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

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.

It is with fine sentiments that bad literature is made. Descend to the bottom of the well if you wish to see the stars.