We must love one another or die

Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards.

An honest self-portrait is extremely rare because a man who has reached the degree of self-consciousness presupposed by the desire to paint his own portrait has almost always also developed an ego-consciousness which paints himself painting himself, and introduces artificial highlights and dramatic shadows.

Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.

It's better to say, 'I'm suffering,' than to say, 'This landscape is ugly.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.