Punctuality is the thief of time

When a love comes to an end, weaklings cry, efficient ones instantly find another love, and the wise already have one in reserve.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.

One does not see anything until one sees its beauty.

Art is not to be taught in Academies. It is what one looks at, not what one listens to, that makes the artist. The real schools should be the streets.

I see the moon like a clipped piece of silver. Like gilded bees the stars cluster round her.

As one knows the poet by his fine music, so one can recognize the liar by his rich rhythmic utterance, and in neither case will the casual inspiration of the moment suffice. Here, as elsewhere, practice must precede perfection.