That is the hardest thing of all. It is much harder to judge yourself than to judge others. If you succeed in judging yourself, it's because you're truly a wise man.

You're not a man, you're a mushroom!

Good taste" is a virtue of the keepers of museums. If you scorn bad taste, you will have neither painting nor dancing, neither palaces nor gardens.

The dignity of the individual demands that he be not reduced to vassalage by the largesse of others.

And at night I love to listen to the stars. It is like five hundred million little bells.

You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.

Friendship is born from an identity of spiritual goals - from common navigation toward a star.