It is a good point of cunning for a man to shape the answer he would have in his own words and propositions, for it makes the other party stick the less.

There are many wise men that have secret hearts and transparent countenances.

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.

You see, painting has now become, or all art has now become completely a game, by which man distracts himself. What is fascinating actually is, that it's going to become much more difficult for the artist, because he must really deepen the game to become any good at all.

Knowledge is power.

In civil business; what first? boldness; what second and third? boldness: and yet boldness is a child of ignorance and baseness.