Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something.

The emotions may be endless. The more we express them, the more we may have to express.

Growing old is an emotion which comes over us at almost any age; I had it myself between the ages of 25 and 30.

You can transmute love, ignore it, muddle it, but you can never pull it out of you.

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.

It is so difficult - at least, I find it difficult - to understand people who speak the truth.

Nonsense and beauty have close connections.