Making myself known is not what is uppermost in my mind. I am aiming at something better: to please myself.

Doubt is an illness that comes from knowledge and leads to madness.

Perfection is the enemy of good.

It's hard to communicate anything exactly and that's why perfect relationships between people are difficult to find.

Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.

Farming, a vocation accursed of heaven, since one never saw a millionaire involved in it.

When it is misty, in the evenings, and I am out walking by myself, it seems to me that the rain is falling through my heart and causing it to crumble into ruins.

Travel makes one modest, you see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.

To be stupid and selfish and to have good health are the three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, the others are useless.

As a rule we disbelieve all the facts and theories for which we have no use.