Never take anything for granted.
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.
Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
You know who the critics are? The men who have failed in literature and art.
Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.
The most powerful men are not public men: a public man is responsible, and a responsible man is a slave. It is private life that governs the world.