Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.
The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty and death of public opinion.
The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period. When it has come to the knowledge of good and evil it is stronger, but we care less about it.
Brigands demand your money or your life; women require both.
The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.
All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.