In Nature there is no dirt, everything is in the right condition; the swamp and the worm, as well as the grass and the bird,-all is there for itself.

Weak men are easily put out of humor. Oil freezes quicker than water.

Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?

Imagination is the mightiest despot.

The vain being is the really solitary being.

All men are selfish, but the vain man is in love with himself. He admires, like the lover his adored one, everything which to others is indifferent.

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.