I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.

I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas; I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.

A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!

The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.

Life's been nothing but paperwork.

Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.

I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way.