Individuality of expression is the beginning and end of all art.

When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.

If your treat an individual... as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.

No prudent antagonist thinks light of his adversaries.

I make presents to the mother but think of the daughter.

My days are as happy as those reserved by God for his elect; and whatever be my fate hereafter, I can never say that I have not tasted joy— the purest joy of life.

Seize this very minute. What you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Begin it and the work will be completed