Great necessities call out great virtues.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

Ultimately a genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.

'Tis never too late to be wise.

Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.

Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?

Happiness is not made by what we own. It is what we share.

We are all of us obliged... to nurse a few little follies in ourselves.

It is not enough to know your craft — you have to have feeling.

Exuberance is beauty.

I do not think it worth while to wait for enjoyment until there is some real opportunity for it.