I drink to separate my body from my soul.

It is always worth while asking a question, though it is not always worth while answering one.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. It is through the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the ways of the gods must be prepared.

If one plays good music, people don't listen and if one plays bad music people don't talk.

The world has grown suspicious of anything that looks like a happy married life.

It's not hard to get the ideas when they come. They just come... it's painful waiting for them.

The studio was filled with the rich odour of roses, and when the light summer wind stirred amidst the trees of the garden, there came through the open door the heavy scent of the lilac, or the more delicate perfume of the pink-flowering thorn.