An artist is only a very small part of the universe and should receive no more attention than any other thing on earth which provides us with beauty, happiness and plenty

Don'tput all your eggs in one basket.

Nobody'sa natural. You work hard to get good and then work to get better. It's hardto stay on top.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

It is less dangerous to treat most men badly than to treat them too well.

It is long and hard and painful to create life; it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.

Welearn little from victory, much from defeat.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Too little liberty brings stagnation, too much brings chaos.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

A person who talks about his Inferiors han't any.

Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to happen to the world.