Choose well. Your choice is brief, and yet endless.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

One would give generous alms if one had the eyes to see the beauty of a cupped receiving hand.

Music is liquid architecture; Architecture is frozen music.

Change amuses the mind, but rarely profits.

Humor is one of the elements of genius--admirable as an adjunct; but as soon as it becomes dominant, only a surrogate for genius.

Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.