It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.

One who is publicly honest about himself ends up by priding himself somewhat on this honesty: for he knows only too well why he is honest-for the same reasons another person prefers illusion and dissimulation.

The value of life itself cannot be estimated.

Mistrust those in whom the urge to punish is strong.

What I really want from Music: That it be cheerful and profound like an afternoon in October.

How far is truth susceptible of embodiment? That is the question, that is the experiment.

One's own self is well hidden from one's own self; of all mines of treasure, one's own is the last to be dug up.