Inspiration in matters of taste will not come twice.

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

The need to express one's self in writing springs from a maladjustment of life, or from an inner conflict which the adolescent (or the grown man) cannot resolve in action.

He who wants to do everything will never do anything.

All of us, from time to time, need a plunge into freedom and novelty, after which routine and discipline will seem delightful by contrast.

Modesty and unselfishness - these are the virtues which men praise - and pass by.