We are neither worse nor better than those who eye us critically.

The true lover realizes that freedom is needed for loyalty to blossom.

Have courage, be capable of loving.... Be happy in love. Be joyful in victory. Follow the dictates of your heart.

When trying to seduce a woman, a writer says: 'I'm a writer', and scribbles a poem on a napkin. It always works.

if you force yourself to be the same as everyone else. It causes neuroses, psychoses, and paranoia. it's a distortion of nature, it goes against God's laws, for in all the world's woods and forests he did not create a single leaf the same as another.

you must be careful never to allow doubt to paralyze you. always take the decisions you need to take, even if you're not sure you're doing the right thing. You'll never go wrong if, when you make a decision, you keep in mind an old German proverb: 'The devil is in the detail.' Remember that proverb and you'll always be able to turn a wrong decision into a right one.

Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart, because living is an act of courage, and an act of courage is always an act of love.