There are more fools in the world than there are people.

Every age thinks its battle the most important of all.

Christ rode on an ass, but now asses ride on Christ.

Photography is a witness against the mistaken opinion that art is an imitation of nature.

He who fights with priests may make up his mind to have his poor good name torn and befouled by the most infamous lies and the most cutting slanders.

I live, which is the main point.

But a day must come when the fire of youth will be quenched in my veins, when winter will dwell in my heart, when his snow flakes will whiten my locks, and his mists will dim my eyes. Then my friends will lie in their lonely grave, and I alone will remain like a solitary stalk forgotten by the reaper.