I became a set designer for opera. I'm a great opera buff, I love classical music, and I needed a time-out.
Maurice Sendak
My work is not great, but it's respectable.
It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
It is another's fault if he be ungrateful, but it is mine if I do not give. To find one thankful man, I will oblige a great many that are not so.
There is no great genius without some touch of madness.
We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits... →
He who has great power should use it lightly.
The heart is great which shows moderation in the midst of prosperity.
Precepts or maxims are of great weight; and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.