You can sink so fast that you think you are flying.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the harbinger of a new one.

Old age transfigures or fossilizes.

Never strive, O artist, to create what you are not irresistibly impelled to create!

Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by a dash of humor.

"People's minds are trained largely at the expense of their hearts." This is not so; it is only that there are more educable minds than there are educable hearts.

Conquer but never triumph.