Treat peopleas if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what theyare capable of being.

Be still when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

True,Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate acompromise.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

As we grow old...the beauty steals inwards.

Every advantage has its tax

Diseases are Tax on the pleasure.

He whohurries cannot walk with dignity.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

Honesty is like an icicle; if once it melts that is theend of it.

An artist is a cut above the critic, for the artist is writing something which will move the critic. The critic is writing something which will move everybody but the artist