I now require this of all pictures, that they domesticate me, not that they dazzle me. Pictures must not be too picturesque. Nothing astonishes men so much as common-sense and plain dealing. All great actions have been simple, and all great pictures are.

One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty another's ugliness; one man's wisdom anpther's folly.

As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.

In the history of the individual is always an account of his condition, and he knows himself to be a party to his present estate.

Each of us sees in others what we carry in our own hearts.

A friend is a person who goes around saying nice things about you behind your back.

Fear defeats more people than any other one thing in the world.