Cervantes shrewdly advises to lay a bridge of silver for a flying enemy.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

The man who melts With social sympathy, though not allied, Is more worth than a thousand kinsmen.

With Jerry Bruckheimer, you know you'll get your money's worth. You're getting huge action sequences, it's going to be funny, and you know it's going to look great.

The loss of music is very painful, and I don't revisit stuff unless there is a solid reason to do it.

[Death:] The one inexorable thing!

Prison guard unions have become the powerful political forces in some states, particularly California.

The Modern Self must confront the shadow of hubris.

Mark my words, nothing smells worse than burned scorpion.

It was as hysterical as a woman having a hot flash.

Youth is to all the glad season of life; but often only by what it hopes, not by what it attains, or what it escapes.