Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping.
A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.
America is a mistake, a giant mistake.
Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions.
Hitch your wagon to a star.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.