Art is a mediator of the unspeakable.

All of us have life; few of us have an idea of it.

The human race is a monotonous affair. Most people spend the greatest part of their time working in order to live, and what little freedom remains so fills them with fear that they seek out any and every means to be rid of it.

An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

The man with insight enough to admit his limitations comes nearest to perfection.

A mathematician is only perfect insofar as he is a perfect man, sensitive to the beauty of truth.