Friendship is far more tragic than love. It lasts longer.

Education is an admirable thing. But it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.

To be really medieval one should have no body. To be really modern one should have no soul. To be really Greek one should have no clothes.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.