We must grant the artist his subject, his idea, his donn´e: our criticism is applied only to what he makes of it.

Under certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea.

It's time to start living the life you've imagined.

Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind.

We work in the dark - we do what we can - we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion, and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art.

Do not mind anything that anyone tells you about anyone else. Judge everyone and everything for yourself.

Everything about Florence seems to be colored with a mild violet, like diluted wine.

Excellence does not require perfection.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

I'm yours for ever--for ever and ever. Here I stand; I'm as firm as a rock. If you'll only trust me, how little you'll be disappointed. Be mine as I am yours.

It's a complex fate, being an American, and one of the responsibilities it entails is fighting against a superstitious valuation of Europe.

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.

Our true spirit can never become diseased or distressed.

Satan fell by the force of gravity.

Be grateful to those who refuse your demands. They are your benefactors.

Digital is the age of empathy.

It’s as if everyone got cancer the day I was diagnosed, except I’m their tumor.

If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.

Say goodbye to the oldies, but goodies, because the good old days weren't always good and tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems

For no mortal ever attains to blessedness. One may be luckier than another when wealth flows his way, but blessed never.

But there are wanderers o'er Eternity Whose bark drives on and on, and anchor'd ne'er shall be.