A man's errors are what make him amiable.

I never knew a more presumptuous person than myself. The fact that I say that shows that what I say is true.

The people rate strength before everything.

Art is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.

Sound and sufficient reason falls, after all, to the share of but few men, and those few men exert their influence in silence.

It is not enough to take steps which may someday lead to a goal; each step must be itself a goal and a step likewise.

Help me to discover Thy truth, O Lord, and preserve me from those who have already found it