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.
A poem round and perfect as a star.
If you wish to preserve your secret, wrap it up in frankness.
A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity.
To sit for one's portrait is like being present at one's own creation.
The spot of ground on which a man has stood is forever interesting to him.