Beauty is one of the rare things that do not lead to doubt of God.

Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.

Beauty, real beauty, is something very grave. If there is a God, He must be partly that.

Death has to be waiting at the end of the ride before you truly see the earth, and feel your heart, and love the world.

Oh, love is real enough; you will find it someday, but it has one archenemy - and that is life.

When you are forty, half of you belongs to the past... And when you are seventy, nearly all of you.

It takes a certain courage and a certain greatness even to be truly base.