The public wishes itself to be managed like a woman; one must say nothing to it except what it likes to hear.

The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself.

Gray are all the theories, But green is the tree of life.

Forget not that the man who cannot enjoy his own natural gifts in silence, and find his reward in the exercise of them, will generally find himself badly off.

Art will always be art.

Every second is of infinite value.

Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.