Pride

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.

To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.

It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them.

There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

People become concerned with being more humble than other people.

I would venture to affirm that a man cannot attain excellence if he satisfy the ignorant and not those of his own craft, and if he be not ‘singular’ or ‘distant,’ or whatever you like to call him.

How many emperors and how many princes have lived and died and no record of them remains, and they only sought to gain dominions and riches in order that their fame might be ever lasting.

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.