Moons and years pass by and are gone forever, but a beautiful moment shimmers through life a ray of light.

Transcendence: that which transcends experience.

No shortcomings of other people cause us to be more intolerant than those which are caricatures of our own.

The cradle of the future is the grave of the past.

Captivating the spirit of the age is a matter of great talent; being swept away by it characterizes an average mind. The two are as different from one another as activity and passivity.

Trousers and the reputation of not being a thief are similar in the following way: There is no particular honor in having them butonce they are lost, everyone thinks they have the right to insult us.

In the arts, foolhardiness is always harmful; even worse, however, is clumsiness.