You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.

When we love, it is the heart that judges.

Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.

To see the world is to judge the judges.

Politeness smooths wrinkles.