In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

The pleasure you experience in discovering truth will repay you for your work.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.