Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind... - George Santayana

"love make us poets, and the approach of death should make us philosophers."

"To be happy you must have taken the measure of your powers, tasted the fruits of your passion, and learned your place in the world."

"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."

"The earth has music for those who listen."

"One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human."