Every scene, even the commonest, is wonderful, if only one can detach oneself, casting off all memory of use and custom, and behold it (as it were) for the first time; in its right, authentic colors; without making comparisons. Cherish and burnish this faculty of seeing crudely, simply, artlessly, ignorantly; of seeing like a baby or a lunatic, who lives each moment by itself and tarnishes by the present no remembrance of the past.

Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

The moment you're born you're done for.

The pleasure of doing a thing in the same way at the same time every day, and savoring it, should be noted.

As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.

The saxophone is the embodied spirit of beer.