Thought expands, but paralyzes; action animates, but narrows.

Habit is a man's sole comfort. We dislike doing without even unpleasant things to which we have become accustomed.

Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is the intermixing of different genres.

I curse all negative purism that tells me not to use a word from another language that either expresses something that my own language cannot or does that in a more delicate manner.

Love, whose power youth feels, is not suitable for the elderly, just as little as anything that presupposes productivity. It is rare that productivity lasts through the years.

Everything great and intelligent is in the minority