Sacrificing the earth for paradise is giving up the substance for the shadow.

Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.

Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is fundamentally right.

Loving is half of believing.

Diamonds are to be found only in the darkness of the earth, and truth in the darkness of the mind.

Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

Art needs no spur beyond itself.