'Life is so short, and so hard to learn, that by the time we figure it out, it's time to die.'

'The vanity is so fantastic, even to the point that we are preoccupied with what they will think of us when we are dead and buried.'

'Fashion is ok in little things, like clothing, but in thought and art, it is abominable.'

'There is a way to contribute to the protection of humanity, and it is not to quit.'