When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.

What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise for which we are later, in the fullness of time and understanding, very grateful for!

The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide.

Ones real life is often the life that one does not lead.

Most men and women are forced to perform parts for which they have no qualification.