Life's not so bad after all. There are not only poison but also antidotes.

He made his colours, built his stretchers, plastered his canvas, painted his pictures, carpentered his frames, and painted them. 'Too bad I can't buy my own pictures,' he murmured aloud. 'Then I'd be completely self-sufficient.'

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.

You cannot be the good all the time — sometimes it is necessary to get angry. [Vincent Van Gogh]

I do not know a better cure for mental illness than a book.

The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.

You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.