A symbol from the first, of mastery, experiments such as Hippocrates made and substituted for vague speculation stayed the ravages of plague.

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Omissions are not accidents.

The hands are the heart's messengers.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one

The future will be better tomorrow.

She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl.

For I am you and you are I.

A goal without a plan is only a dream.

I don't feel opportunistic ever, in anything.

I was so happy I didn't have to work that night. That was the truth, because show business is about the hardest profession in the world.

Strategy is the most important department of the art of war, and strategical skill is the highest and rarest function of military genius.

I'm not that big a fan of marriage as an institution, and I don't know why women need to have children to be seen as complete human beings.

Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.