For you know, nuncle, The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long That it's had it head bit off by it young.

The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

Service is no heritage. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 3.

Princes are like to heavenly bodies, which cause good or evil times; and which have much veneratoin, but no rest.

Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom.

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after low pricing is forgotten!

Feast, and your halls are crowded; Fast, and the world goes by.

When thought becomes excessively painful, action is the finest remedy.

He who binds himself to a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity's sunrise

When the scourge Inexorable, and the torturing hour Calls us to penance.

The trouble with being poor is that it takes up all your time.

You've got to create a dream. You've got to uphold the dream. If you can't, go back to the factory or go back to the desk.

The Devil is an ass, I do acknowledge it.

The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.

Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies.

Avoid being impatient. Remember time brings roses.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

It takes less time to do things right that to explain why you did it wrong.

WARNING: Humor may be hazardous to your illness.

In the dark a glimmering light is often sufficient for the pilot to find the polar star and to fix his course.