Art Is An Effort To

An Unsatisfied Woman Requires Luxury, But A Woman Who Is In Love With A Man Will Lie On A Board.

Without A Family, Man, Alone In The World, Trembles With The Cold.

A Friend Loves You For Your Intelligence, A Mistress For Your Charm, But Your Family's Love Is Unreasoning; You Were Born Into It And Are Of Its Flesh And Blood. Nevertheless It Can Irritate You More Than Any Group Of People In The World.

Like A Bird, When His Cage Is Opened, Stays On His Perch, Dazzled By Freedom, The Postponed Traveler Does Not See That His Cage, With Its Bars Of Anxiety, It Is Open.

What Men Call Friendship Is Only Social Intercourse, An Exchange Of Favours And Good Offices; It Comes Down To A Commercial Dealing In Which Self-esteem Always Expects To Profit.