When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

Truth ... is the sovereign good of human nature.

The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.

A king that would not feel his crown too heavy for him, must wear it every day; but if he think it too light, he knoweth not of what metal it is made.

I have to hope that my instincts will do the right thing, because I can't erase what I have done. And if I drew something first, then my paintings would be illustrations of drawings.

I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

A graceful and pleasing figure is a perpetual letter of recommendation.