Andre Maurois

Smile, for everyone lacks self-confidence and more than any other one thing a smile reassures them. ”

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. ”

Old age is far more than white hair, wrinkles, the feeling that it is too late and the game finished, that the stage belongs to the rising generations. The true evil is not the weakening of the body, but the indifference of the soul. ”

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. ”