A teacher should be sparing of his smile.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.

It's asking for trouble to listen to music alone.

Do not be afraid. Because if you let these fears consume you, you’ll most likely fail even before everything else starts.

The most powerful control we can ever attain, is to be in control of ourselves.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

You have to see through one's faults before you see their need.

Rhinos are just fat unicorns. If we'd give them the time and attention they deserve, as well as a diet: They'd reveal their majestic ways

Most painters have painted themselves. So have most poets: not so palpably indeed, but more assiduously. Some have done nothing else.

The day is done, and the darkness Falls from the wings of Night, As a feather is wafted downward From an eagle in his flight.

I don't think any child could really be happy between five and eight away from their parents