The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

Elegance is the only beauty that never fades.

Light breaks where no sun shines.

I believe in one thing only, the power of human will.

Action will remove the doubts that theory cannot solve

Turn your face toward the sun and the shadows will fall behind you

Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.