There are few things in life more heartwarming than to be welcomed by a cat.

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!

One should never do anything that one cannot talk about after dinner.

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.
The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.

To me, every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.