Strength comes from waiting.

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.

Others go to bed with their mistresses; I with my ideas.

To busy oneself with what is futile when one can do something useful, to attend to what is simple when one has the mettle to attempt what is difficult, is to strip talent of its dignity.

I know that when the world surrenders, pallid, to repose, the murmur of a tranquil stream through the deep silence flows.

Charm is a product of the unexpected.