Composers shouldn't think too much -- it interferes with their plagiarism.

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse.

Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole-in-one.

To jealousy, nothing is more frightful than laughter.

In jealousy there is more self-love than love.

Even the tiniest poodle is lionhearted, ready to do anything to defend home, master, and mistress.

The only gift is a portion of thyself.

Hung on the shower that fronts the golden West, The rainbow bursts like magic on mine eyes! In hues of ancient promise there imprest; Frail in its date, eternal in its guise.

Platonic love is love from the neck up.

He that has light within his own clear breast May sit i' the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself his own dungeon.

A good model can advance fashion by ten years.

Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility.

Courage and perseverance have a magic talisman, before which difficulties and obstacles vanish into air.

I cannot sing the old songs Though well I know the tune, Familiar as a cradle-song With sleep-compelling croon; Yet though I'm filled with music, As choirs of summer birds, "I cannot sing the old songs"-- I do not know the words.

How we dwelt in two worlds the daughters and the mothers in the kingdom of the sons.

If you do not ask the right questions, you do not get the right answers. A question asked in the right way often points to its own answer. Asking questions is the A-B-C of diagnosis. Only the inquiring mind solves problems.

If you could only love enough, you could be the most powerful person in the world.

The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force.

A giving church is a living church.

Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch.