And we went our separate ways without having understood each other. As in this world nobody understands the other easily.

The best way to understand a painting is by drawing it.

Shakespeare is a great psychologist, and whatever can be known of the heart of man may be found in his plays.

He who is plenteously provided for from within needs but little from without.

If you want to reach the infinite, then explore every aspect of the finite.

Music, in the best sense, does not require novelty; nay, the older it is, and the more we are accustomed to it, the greater its effect.

Just as, out of habit, one consults a run-down clock as though it were still going, so too one may look at the face of a beautiful woman as though he still loved her.