In everything, no matter what it may be, uniformity is undesirable. Leaving something incomplete makes it interesting, and gives one the feeling that there is room for growth

... For such as truly love the world, a thousand years would fade like the dream of one night.

The true criminal must be defined as a man who commits a crime though he is as decently fed and clothed as others.

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.

Ambition never comes to an end.

Blossoms are scattered by the wind and the wind cares nothing but the blossoms of the heart no wind can touch.

It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met.