Talent Is A Long Patience.

To Be Stupid, Selfish, And Have Good Health Are Three Requirements For Happiness, Though If Stupidity Is Lacking, All Is Lost.

The Principal Thing In This World Is To Keep One's Soul Aloft.

Writing This Book I Am Like A Man Playing The Piano With Lead Balls Attached To His Knuckles.

There Is No Truth. There Is Only Perception.

Doesn't It Seem To You," Asked Madame Bovary, "that The Mind Moves More Freely In The Presence Of That Boundless Expanse, That The Sight Of It Elevates The Soul And Gives Rise To Thoughts Of The Infinite And The Ideal?