Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.
Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow.
He conquers who endures.
If folks can learn to be racist, then they can learn to be antiracist. If being sexist ain't genetic, then, dad gum, people can learn about gender equality.
Good architecture lets nature in.
The best defence against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
Discontent is the first step in progress. No one knows what is in him till he tries, and many would never try if they were not forced to.
Strong hope is a much greater stimulant of life than any single realized joy could be.
Happy is the man who can do only one thing; in doing it, he fulfills his destiny.
Whatever necessity lays upon thee, endure; whatever she commands, do.
He never knew when he was whipped ... so he never was.
We can do whatever we wish to do provided our wish is strong enough. What do you want most to do? That's what I have to keep asking myself, in the face of difficulties.
He that is afraid to shake the dice will never throw a six.
Humour plays close to the big, hot fire, which is the truth, and the reader feels the heat.
Man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
Perhaps I am stronger than I think.
Men will wrangle for religion; write for it; fight for it; die for it; anything but - live it.
We'd all like a reputation for generosity and we'd all like to buy it cheap.
Never have a friend that's poorer than yourself.