There is only one proof of ability - action.

Age either transfigures or petrifies.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Have patience with the quarrelsomeness of the stupid. It is not easy to comprehend that one does not comprehend.

Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending.

There is something so beautiful in trust that even the most hardened liar need feel a certain respect for those who confide in him.

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