If I extend an empty hand and in retrieving it and finding it still empty, I feel disappointment, that is foolishness; yet if I extend a hand which is full and yet find no one to receive it, then that is hopelessness.

The significance of a man is not in what he attains, but rather what he longs to attain.

Men who do not forgive women their little faults will never enjoy their great virtues.

He who has not looked on Sorrow will never see Joy. [for without sorrow how would you know what joy is? Contrast provides peceptive clarity]

Time has been transformed, and we have changed; it has advanced and set us in motion; it has unveiled its face, inspiring us with bewilderment and exhilaration.

Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.

If you are poor, shun association with him who measures men with the yardstick of riches.