“Were there no women, men might live like gods.”

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?”

“An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.”

“Speak low, if you speak love.”

“If you're doing something you love, an hour feels like 5 minutes. If you are doing something that doesn't resonate with your spirit, 5 minutes feels like an hour.”

“What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero.”