To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.

To live in the presence of great truths and eternal laws, to be led by permanent ideals - that is what keeps a man patient when the world ignores him, and calm and unspoiled when the world praises him.

An ugly woman, married to King Henry VIII, would have defied the axe and daunted her husband's infidelities.

In painting, you can suddenly come upon something so huge that no-one can deal with it.

As soon as coffee is in your stomach, there is a general commotion. Ideas begin to move…similes arise, the paper is covered. Coffee is your ally and writing ceases to be a struggle.

Vivacity is the health of the spirit.

There are words which cut like steel.