"Young men of this class never do anything for themselves that they can get other people to do for them, and it is the infatuation, the devotion, the superstition of others that keeps them going. These others in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are women."

"I think I don't regret a single 'excess' of my responsive youth - I only regret, in my chilled age, certain occasions and possibilities I didn't embrace."

"Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind."

"In art economy is always beauty."

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue."

"He who conquers his inner doubts has already won half the war. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"To lead with integrity is to walk the narrow path where words and actions are one. This remains the cornerstone of personal mastery."

"The ordinary man with extraordinary power is the chief danger for mankind - not the fiend or the sadist."