“He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.”

“... when a poor man's wronged, he becomes a very difficult customer. To start with, he gets a lot of sympathy: and then he takes his bad treatment not just as an injury, but as a personal insult.”

“Wer davonläuft kann später kämpfen.”

“Man must be prepared for every event of life, for there is nothing that is durable. ”

“Няма нищо по-силно от думите.”

“I work as diligently on my canvases as the laborers do in their fields.”

“It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.”