Be moderate in all things, including moderation.

I find it harder and harder every day to live up to my blue china.

Men are such cowards. They outrage every law in the world and are afraid of the world's tongue.

To exercise power costs effort and demands courage. That is why so many fail to assert rights to which they are perfectly entitled - because a right is a kind of power but they are too lazy or too cowardly to exercise it. The virtues which cloak these faults are called patience and forbearance.

A man who pays his bills on time is soon forgotten.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very difficult to interpret (understand). Great passions are for the great of souls. Great events can only be seen by people who are on a level with them. We think we can have our visions for nothing. We cannot. Even the finest and most self-sacrificing visions have to be paid for. Strangely enough, that is what makes them fine.