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

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

'I explained to him that the world is a symphony, but God plays by ear.'

'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.'