A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.
Painting is a companion with whom one may walk a great part of life's journey.
The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
When you get a thing the way you want it, leave it alone.
The statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.