The Germans believe that, no matter where, they can get by on knowledge alone. Art, however, requires skill.

A flutist who is moved to tears by his own performance will soon make the listeners laugh because of the sounds that he produces.

Let no one say that taking action is hard. Action is aided by courage, by the moment, by impulse, and the hardest thing in the world is making a decision.

Turning popular opinion upside down does not make an original.

I notice well that one stray step from the habitual path leads irresistibly into a new direction. Life moves forward, it never reverses its course.

A woman's passion is not the measure of a man's love.

Why do villains have so much influence? Because the honest people are terribly dense.