I threw the pearl of my soul into a cup of wine. I went down the primrose path to the sound of flutes. I lived on honeycomb.

A mask tells us more than a face.

The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life.

Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.

Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.

Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.

It's tragic how few people ever 'possess their souls' before they die. 'Nothing is more rare in any man', says Emerson, 'than an act of his own.' It is quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their life is a mimicry, their passions a quotation.