The thirst for powerful sensations takes the upper hand both over fear and over compassion for the grief of others.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

Love, friendship and respect do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.

Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable.

When you're thirsty and it seems that you could drink the entire ocean, that's faith; when you start to drink and finish only a glass or two, that's science.

The wealthy are always surrounded by hangers-on; science and art are as well.

To advise is not to compel.

Faith is an aptitude of the spirit. It is, in fact, a talent: you must be born with it.

Passion must be concealed in a society where cold reserve and indifference are the signs of good breeding.

We learn about life not from plusses alone, but from minuses as well.

Medicine is my lawful wife and literature my mistress; when I get tired of one, I spend the night with the other.

There is nothing new in art except talent.

Money, like vodka, turns a person into an eccentric.

You must trust and believe in people or life becomes impossible.

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.