When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?

A sober man may become a drunkard through being a coward. A brave man may become a coward through being a drunkard.

I say that a man must be certain of his morality for the simple reason that he has to suffer for it.

Passion makes every detail important.

The family is the test of freedom; because the family is the only thing that the free man makes for himself and by himself.

Art is limitation; the essence of every picture is the frame. If you draw a giraffe, you must draw him with a long neck. If in your bold creative way you hold yourself free to draw a giraffe with a short neck, you will really find that you are not free to draw a giraffe.

Silver is sometimes more valuable than gold, that is, in large quantities.