To be clever enough to get all that money, one must be stupid enough to want it.

No man must be superior to the things that are common to men.... Not only are we all in the same boat, but we are all seasick.

No man's really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be.

Spring never is spring unless it comes too soon.

What we call emancipation is always and of necessity simply the free choice of the soul between one set of limitations and another.

The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament.

The world will very soon be divided, unless I am mistaken, into those who still go on explaining our success, and those somewhat more intelligent who are trying to explain our failure.