The saddest thing that befalls a soul is when it loses faith in god and woman.

The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself.

The truly great rest in the knowledge of their own deserts, nor seek the conformation of the world.

The great man is the man who does a thing for the first time.

Happiness never lays its finger on its pulse. If we attempt to steal a glimpse of its features it disappears.

To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.

Good-humor and, generosity carry day with the popular heart all the world over.