The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
Years teach us more than books.
Why has no religion this command before all others: Thou shalt work?
To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
He who, to be happy, needs nothing but himself, is happy.
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.