Curiosity is the only thing that really carries through time, isn't it? The creative curiosity, I mean, which fights its way into expression?

Curses are children of hate; they belong to the wrong family! Prayers are better than curses!

A man whose every exertion is bent upon showing up the flaws in his wife's character must be at least partially responsible for some of them.

Every hen thinks she has laid the best egg! Can we not all believe as we choose? But the choice of others - what is that to us? Let them alone.

Anger is like mild, it should not be kept too long.

Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!

artists are exposed to great temptations: their eyes see paradise before their souls have reached it, and that is a great danger.