“The glance embroiders in joy, knits in pain, and sews in boredom.When indifferent, the eye takes stills, when interested, movies.Laughter is regional: a smile extends over the whole face.”

“Our expression and our words never coincide, which is why the animals don't understand us.”

“Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.”

“Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down.”

“The beautiful remains so in ugly surroundings.”

“We sometimes laugh from ear to ear, but it would be impossible for a smile to be wider than the distance between our eyes.”