Genius, whether locked up in a cell or roaming at large, is always solitary.

Some say that cats are devils, but they behave badly only when they are alone. When they are among us cats are angels.

faith is like love; when you want it you can't find it, and you find it when you least expect it.

Discouragement seizes us only when we can no longer count on chance.

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.

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