An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.

The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.

A woman can become a man's friend only in the following stages - first an acquantaince, next a mistress, and only then a friend.

Nature's law says that the strong must prevent the weak from living, but only in a newspaper article or textbook can this be packaged into a comprehensible thought. In the soup of everyday life, in the mixture of minutia from which human relations are woven, it is not a law. It is a logical incongruity when both strong and weak fall victim to their mutual relations, unconsciously subservient to some unknown guiding power that stands outside of life, irrelevant to man.

Do silly things. Foolishness is a great deal more vital and healthy than our straining and striving after a meaningful life.

Better to perish from fools than to accept praises from them.

What a delight it is to respect people!