One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

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.

What I possess I would gladly retain. Change amuses the mind, yet scarcely profits.

Our wishes are presentiments of the abilities that lie in us, harbingers of what we will be able to accomplish.

Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

I've often heard it said a preacher might learn with a comedian for a teacher.

Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one.