“Art is never finished, only abandoned.”

“The human foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art.”

“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.”

“Marriage is like putting your hand into a bag of snakes in the hope of pulling out an eel.”

“While I thought that I was learning how to live, I have been learning how to die.”

“Learning never exhausts the mind.”

“A well-spent day brings happy sleep.”

“Life well spent is long.”

“Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.”

“The smallest feline is a masterpiece.”

“Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.”

“I have offended God and mankind because my work didn't reach the quality it should have.”