"The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese."

"The noblest of men deserves not the weakest of women."

"Passion is the source of our finest moments, the joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ectasy of grief."

"If I am not making music, I have no reason for existing."

"When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself."

"We enjoy warmth because we have been cold. We appreciate light because we have been in darkness. By the same token, we can experience joy because we have known sadness."

"Believe me! The secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously!"

"Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming."

"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest."

"Young love is a flame; very pretty, often very hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. The love of the older and disciplined heart is as coals, deep burning, unquenchable."

"Young is the one that plunges in the future and never looks back."

"Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing."