Our passions are the true phoenixes; when the old one is burnt out, a new one rises from its ashes.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

What you desire when young, you have in abundance when old.

Do you want to live happily? Travel with two bags, one for giving, the other for receiving.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

When two people are really happy about one another one can generally assume they are mistaken.

This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew.