The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding.
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.
Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.
The worst men often give the best advice.
Very few people have a natural feeling for painting, and so, of course, they naturally think that painting is an expression of the artist's mood. But it rarely is. Very often he may be in greatest despair and be painting his happiest paintings.
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.