A just fear of an imminent danger, though be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.
The genius of any single man can no more equal learning, than a private purse hold way with the exchequer.
I should have been, I don't know, a con-man, a robber or a prostitute. But it was vanity that made me choose painting, vanity and chance.
Truth is a naked and open daylight
The cord breaketh at last by the weakest pull.
The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.