Talent isn't genius, and no amount of energy can make it so. I want to be great, or nothing. I won't be a commonplace dauber, so I... don't intend to try any more.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my fooli...sh hopes in despair.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
When I had youth I had no money; now I have the money I have no time; and when I get the time, if I ever do, I shall have no healt...h to enjoy life. I suppose it's the discipline I need; but it's rather hard to love the things I do, and see them go by because duty chains me to my galley. If I ever come into port with all sails set, that will be my reward perhaps.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Girls are so queer you never know what they mean. They say No when they mean Yes, and drive a man out of his wits for the fun of i...t.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unju...st world.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, th...e consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »