“I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”

“A failure is a man who has blundered but is not able to cash in on the experience.”

“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.”

“It's a fine thing to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the true test.”

“It is easy to get everything you want, provided you first learn to do without the things you cannot get.”

“The great man is not so great as folks think, and the dull man is not quite so stupid as he seems. The difference in our estimates of men lies in the fact that one individual is able to get his goods into the show-window, and the other is not aware that he has any show-window or any goods.”

“Art is not a thing; it is a way. ”