"We have our arts, the ancients had..." - Quote by Voltaire

“If one does not reflect, one thinks oneself master of everything; but when one does reflect, one realizes that one is master of nothing.”

“Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life.”

“He who thinks himself wise, O heavens! is a great fool.”

“When you hit a plateau you have to be willing to get a little bit worse before you get massively better.”

“The finest flowers are those transplanted, for transplanting means difficulty, a readjusting to new conditions, and through the effort put forth to find adjustment does the plant progress.”

“While a good leader sustains momentum, a great leader increases it.”

“I read the other day some verses written by an eminent painter which were original and not conventional. The soul always hears an admonition in such lines, let the subject be what it may. The sentiment they instil is of more value than any thought they may contain. To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, - that is genius.”

“I'd rather be hissed at for a good verse, than applauded for a bad one.”

“Art is purposiveness without purpose.”