Do your thing, and I shall know you.

Every revolution was first a thought in one man's mind; and when the same thought occurs to another man, it is the key to that era.

Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.

You think me the child of circumstance; I make my circumstance.

Repose and cheerfulness are the badge of the gentleman - repose in energy. The Greek battle pieces are calm; the heroes, in whatever violent actions engaged, retain a serene aspect.

For every grain of wit there is a grain of folly.

Art is a jealous mistress.