Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you.

Skill and confidence are an unconquered army.

Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Take forgiveness slowly. Don't blame yourself for being slow. Peace will come.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Some people try to destroy you, precisely because they recognize your power.

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

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

If you follow the natural intentions, you get the most success out of life.