Talent is a flame, but genius is a fire.

First love is a kind of vaccination which saves a man from catching the complaint the second time.

We do not wish success yet we obtain it. Always we find what we are not looking for. These words are too true not to become a proverb some day.

He who best knows the world will love it least.

Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.

Envy is the most stupid of vices, for there is no single advantage to be gained from it.

A rent in your clothes is a mishap, a stain on them is a vice.