“The victory one would gain after a whole life of work and effort is better than one that is gained sooner.”

“Love is eternal -- the aspect may change, but not the essence. There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning. The lamp was there and was a good lamp, but now it is shedding light too, and that is its real function. And love makes one calmer about many things, and that way, one is more fit for one's work.”

“It's better to have a gay life of it than to commit suicide.”

“It is a pity that, as one gradually gains experience, one loses one's youth.”

“I put my heart and soul into my work, and I have lost my mind in the process.”

“To suffer without complaint is the only lesson we have to learn in this life”

“...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”