Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.

If you want to study yourself, look into the hearts of other people. If you want to study other people, look into your own heart.

The painter is, as to the execution of his work, a mechanic; but as to his conception and spirit and design he is hardly below even the poet.

Sorrows must die with the joys they outnumber.

A brave man hazards life, but not his conscience.

Nothing, it is true, is more common than for both Science and Art to pay homage to the spirit of the age, and for creative taste to accept the law of critical taste.

The rich become richer and the poor become poorer is a cry heard throughout the whole civilized world.