Verily, the most necessary thing in a shop, store, bank, railroad office or factory, is to keep the peace. Every great masterpiece is an evolution, be it a statue, a poem, a painting - or a man. As a matter of choice, platonic love is better than plutonic. The kind of man I shall be next month depends upon the kind of man I have been this month. He alone is a pauper who neither inspires nor yet provokes love.
Art is the utilization of love's exhaust.
To get a thing done, let the man think that he suggested it. Otherwise, he will oppose it. Falling in love is the beginning of wisdom. Don't waste time regretting time that has been wasted. In Japan they use wooden pillows.