The greatest thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Great possessions and great want of them are both strong temptations.

I always seek the good that is in people and leave the bad to Him who made mankind and knows how to round off the corners.

But when all is said, the greatest art is to limit and isolate oneself.

Hell begins the day that God grants you the vision to see all that you could have done, should have done, and would have done, but did not do.

A creation of importance can only be produced when its author isolates himself, it is a child of solitude.

It is related of an Englishman that he hanged himself to avoid the daily task of dressing and undressing.