What is hardest of all? That which seems most simple: to see with your eyes what is before your eyes.

The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.

There are people who pay attention to the weaknesses of their friends; that is to no avail. I have always closely watched and profited from the strengths of my adversaries.

Don't judge anyone harshly until you yourself have been through his experiences

Just trust yourself and you'll learn the art of living.

Correction does much, but encouragement does more. Encouragement after censure is as the sun after a shower.

Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.