All excellent things are as difficult as they are rare

Well done is better than well said.

There'sno point in arguing with partisan supporters. Their views are their identity.Nothing you can tell the most phlegmatic follower.

Talkingmuch about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

The present is never a happy state to any being

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking

Nothing is greater impediment to being on good terms with other than being ill at ease with yourself.

People who can't admit they are part of the problem, willnever be part of its solution.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist

It's more shameful to mistrust one's friends than to be deceived by them.