Art is beauty, the perpetual invention of detail, the choice of words, the exquisite care of execution.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

Eyes so transparent that through them the soul is seen.

Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes!

The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals

To love is to admire with the heart; to admire is to love with the mind.

Yes I have loved, as no one on earth ever loved, with an insensate and furious love, so violent that I wonder it did not break my heart

The cat makes himself the companion of your hours of solitude, melancholy and toil.

The most fitting occupation for a civilized man is to do nothing.

Modesty was made for the ugly.

Books follow morals, and not morals books.

Your inner world creates your outer world.

The unexpected will occur, but in the end, your life will never seize to become what you continuously make of it.

Live healthy NOW, You won't regret it

But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.

Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.

A painting is finished when the subject comes back, when what has caused the painting to be made comes back as an object.

I've never eaten a Hot Pocket and then afterwards been, I'm glad I ate that. I'm always like, I'm gonna die.

Are there not thousands in the world who love their fellows even to the death, who feel the giant agony of the world, and more, like slaves to poor humanity, labor for mortal good?

Without an unreserved surrender to His grace, complete mastery over thoughts is impossible.

A tuna steak and a salad? Seventy bucks. Welcome to Los Angeles.