If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolutepowerlessness make you pure?

Inspiration is apt to come only while one is working, waited for, it usually keeps waiting.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

A man without patience is a lamp without oil.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

Imaginationis the eye of your soul.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

Golf is an expensive way of playing marbles.

To teach isto learn twice.

You can be erudite with knowledge of others; you can be wise only with your wisdom.