...a genuine work of art, can never be false, nor can it be discredited through the lapse of time, for it does not present an opinion but the thing itself.

Reason deserves to be called a prophet; for in showing us the consequence and effect of our actions in the present, does it not tell us what the future will be?

When you look back on your life, it looks as though it were a plot, but when you are into it, it's a mess: just one surprise after another. Then, later, you see it was perfect.

Before you take anything away, you must have something better to put in its place.

The wise have always said the same things, and fools, who are the majority have always done just the opposite.

The world is my representation

If there is anything in the world that can really be called a man's property, it is surely that which is the result of his mental activity.