We cannot live only for ourselves. 

A thousand fibres connect us with our fellow men.

Truth is in things, 

and not in words.

Art is the objectification of feeling.

There is no quality in this world 

that is not what it is 

merely by contrast. 

Nothing exists in itself.

It is better to fail in originality 

than to succeed in imitation.

A smile is the chosen vehicle of all ambiguities.

Truth 

uncompromisingly told 

will always have its ragged edges.