Belief of some sort is the lifeblood of Art.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse.

the cord of two is better than one.

When you gain maximum knowledge in any area of work and put it into practice, no powerwill be able to hinder you achieving your set goals.

You should only fall in love with people who will fall in love with you back.

It is true, indeed, that the account Plato gives in 'Timaeus' is different from what he says in his so-called 'unwritten teachings.'

When you think about it, Adolf Hitler was the first pop star.

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who you want to be.

Trials are the soil in which faith flourishes.

Talent, and genius as well, is like a grain of pearl sand shifting about in the creative mind. A valued tormentor.

Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace.