Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

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.

If you want peace, look for it where it is, not in conflict.

Nobody has a right to speak more clearly than he thinks.

A fool may have his coat embroidered with gold, but it is a fool's coat still.

Children have a right to some stability and constancy from the adults in their lives.

Soldiers and peasants lived together on friendly terms; they knew each other and their everyday routines, and trusted each other; they shook their heads together over the war.

Strip the hills, drain the boglands, and you create flood conditions inevitably. Yet that is what we have been doing for years.

Genius is a good deal like the sea ... Nothing can restrain its tide or quicken it.

People that call old leads, drive old cars.

I do have a really good memory. I mean, like, I can remember all the phone numbers of everybody on the street I grew up on.