Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.

Say what you will of fortitude, but show me the man who can patiently endure the laughter of fools when they have obtained an advantage over him. 'Tis only when their nonsense is without foundation that one can suffer it without complaint.

Tolerance should really only be a passing attitude: it should lead to appreciation. To tolerate is to offend.

Three things are to be looked to in a building: that it stand on the right spot; that it is securely founded; that it be successfully executed.

The greatest genius will not be worth much if he pretends to draw exclusively from his own resources

He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.

Painting and tattooing the body is a return to animalism.