Clever people are always the best conversations lexicon.

Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

The older we get the more we must limit ourselves if we wish to be active.

The effects of good music are not just because it's new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.

The best genius is that which absorbs and assimilates everything without doing the least violence to its fundamental destiny.

The right man is the one who seizes the moment.

We cannot and must not get rid of nor deny our characteristics. But we can give them shape and direction.