... what is there over which the incomparable beauty of childhood would not triumph?

One changes from day to day, and... after a few years have passed one has completely altered.

Simplicity is the essence of the great, the true, the beautiful in art.

To be made evident, truth must be sought for; for of itself it is slow to appear, and between ourselves and God the obstacles are so many!

My strength has not equaled my mad ambition. I have remained obscure; I have done worse -- I have touched success, and allowed it to escape me.

Nowadays it seems that moral education is no longer considered necessary. Attention is wholly centered on intelligence, while the heart life is ignored.

A cigar numbs sorrow and fills the solitary hours with a million gracious images.