Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

The supreme vice is shallowness.

While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first personality, which no one should copy.

To live in this world is a rare thing; most people just exist.

We should treat all the trivial things of life seriously, and all the serious things of life with sincere and studied triviality.

The world belongs to the discontented.

Great passions are for the great of soul, and great events can be seen only by those who are on a level with them