Even the great can have only their own sort of greatness.

It is much more exquisite to be blown from the tree as a flower than to be shaken down as a shriveled and bitter fruit.

Of bird and prophet and his light shall lead On through the darkness to eventual light, To undiscovered wealth, to newer need . . .

No one can ever help loving anyone.

Forgetting is the cost of living cheerfully.

Nothing seems so tragic to one who is old as the death of one who is young, and this alone proves that life is a good thing.

It's all right to tell a wife the brutal truth, but you've got to go sort of easy with your lady-love.

Work alone qualifies us for life.

To accuse is so easy that it is infamous to do so where proof is impossible!

Shutting one's eyes is an art, my dear. I suppose there's no use trying to make you see that - but that's the only way one can stay married.

Writing was the only thing that populated my life and made it magic.

Acquittal of the guilty damns the judge.

Secrets are never secure because they are always at risk of being found out.

Focusing on food and exercise changed my life.

I'm a real gangster rapper and I'm a rapper. I just think my music takes different directions. I don't think you can pigeon hole me in one genre. I'm probably the most versatile in the game, period.

I had something in my throat. It felt like I had swallowed the whole world.

Do not copy nature. Art is an abstraction. Rather, bring your art forth by dreaming in front of her and think more of creation.

You cannot be all things to all people. Be unique. Be different. Give to others what you want yourself. And do what you were made to do.

The let-alone lies not in your good will.

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time.