Ever heard the tale of Neptune's Children?

The long night begins.

Wisdom of the Ages: "New Year's Eve" The last day you can do all the things you are resolving to give up-until you give up on your New Year's resolutions.

With two small children, I haven't had a wash since 2001 so the chance to go shopping is way down the list. It is something I do intend to get.

If you insist that individual rights are the summum bonum, then the whole structure of society falls down.

When it comes to asking for raise, you just have to do it in the right way. You may get a no, and that's fine, but ask and make sure you know when you can come back and ask again.

Creation never ceased on the sixth evening, it occurs to the young man. Creation unfolds around us, despite us and through us at the speed of days and nights. And we call it love.

One has always got to be terribly careful, since the theater is made up of a whole bunch of prima donnas, not to let the distortions occur.

Great riches have sold more men than they have bought.

The pleasure we feel in music springs from the obedience which is in it.

Poverty is the step-mother of genius.

Good words shall gain you honor in the marketplace, but good deeds shall gain you friends among men.