Cathedrals do not seem to me to have been built. They seem, rather, stupendous growths of nature, like crystals, or cliffs of basalt.

...the heart has no tears to give,--it drops only blood, bleeding itself away in silence.

Humankind above all is lazy.

Sensitive people never like the fatigue of justifying their instincts.

There is no phase of the Italian mind that has not found expression in its music.

Treat 'em like dogs, and you'll have dogs' works and dogs' actions. Treat 'em like men, and you'll have men's works.

Dogs can bear more cold than human beings, but they do not like cold any better than we do; and when a dog has his choice, he will very gladly stretch himself on a rug before the fire for his afternoon nap.