I like the idea of the artist going out in the world, creating a dialogue

Beauty magazines make my girlfriend feel ugly.

The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream … Hang in there.

Profits on the exchange are the treasures of goblins. At one time they may be carbuncle stones, then coals, then diamonds, then flint stones, then morning dew, then tears.

Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think.

Sometimes the king is a woman.

Whoever wishes to win in this game must have patience and money, since the values are so little constant and the rumours so little founded on truth