I'll tell you, they are the next friends who want to take charge of you. Sow helpfulness and you will reap happiness. A genius is only a genius a part of the time. The ability to perceive the absurd and laugh is proof of sanity. 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.