Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness.

If it is reason that forms man then it is the emotions that guide her.

Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

Cities are the sinks of the human race.

It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good.

We are the two great painters of this era; you are in the Egyptian style, I in themodern style. (to Pablo Picasso)