Arguments are like fire-arms which a man may keep at home but should not carry about with him.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

Everyone can dream and as impossible as it may look and sound, this kind of thinking and attitude is what will keep us going.

My dear boy, looking like a thing has little to do with being a thing. Be the thing first, and you will grow to resemble it.

Only evil in this world is the one in your brain.

My perfect weekend is going for a walk with my family in the park. I don't think there's anything better.

Courage is strength in the face of knowledge of what is to be feared or hoped. Wisdom is prudent strength.

My mother used to tell me: "You gotta smile more. Because if you don't smile, the way you look at people, they'll think you're mad at them."

The government's like a mule, it's slow and it's sure; it's slow to turn, and it's sure to turn the way you don't want it.

It is not in our hands to prevent our birth; but we can correct this mistake - for in some cases it is a mistake.

To be closed from everything, and yet to feel, to think...This is the truth of hell, stripped of its gaudy medievalisms. This loss of contact.

You really have to get to know the person's mental state. You have to understand what drives them and what motivates them.