There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.

If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.

In morals, always do as others do; in art, never.

Life is what our character makes it. We fashion it, as a snail does its shell. A man can say: I never made a fortune because it is not in my character to be rich.

The horse is the only animal into which one can bang nails.

Broken china lasts longer than unbroken.