I like the idea of feeling small. Sometimes life can seem bigger than you, you know? But knowing you're less than a speck in the whole scheme of things takes the pressure off, sort of.

But pessimism and reality are usually mistaken for each other

But are there really good people? Good people, through and through? Or are we all just varying versions of bad people, some trying harder to be good?

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him.

Fewer the necessities, better your life will be.

Our first and last love is self-love.

I don't say "oh, I'm a grandmother; I can't wear this anymore." Everything I can't wear I've already given to my daughter.

How much larger your life would be if you were smaller in it.

If gratitude is due from children to their earthly parent, how much more is the gratitude of the great family of men due to our father in heaven.

When you have characters talking about music in any way, especially about music someone doesn't know, some people presume it's about showing social capital and sneering at those who don't have it.

When you are caught in the mind, your past defines you. When you are present, you are beyond definition.

Don't be carried off your feet by anything because it is modern - the latest thing. Go to the Louvre often and spend a good deal of time before the Rembrandts, the Delacroixs.

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad