One is never satisfied with a portrait of persons whom one knows. That is why I have always pitied portraitists. One demands so seldom of others the impossible, but demands just that of the portraitists.

I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate.

We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves.

There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.

The follies of the wise man are known to himself, but hidden from the world.

Don't say that you want to give, but go ahead and give! You'll never catch up with a mere hope.

A great deal may be done by severity, more by love, but most by clear discernment and impartial justice.