Only that which serves no end is beautiful; everything useful is ugly.
It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat.
[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.
The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals
The years I have squandered in puerile excitement, in going hither and thither, in seeking to force nature and time, I ought to have spent in solitude and meditation, in endeavoring to make myself worthy of being loved.
To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.