Folly often goes beyond her bounds, but impudence knows none.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

A product is supposed to be what you are intentionally producing with your life at least every month.

Suspicion leads to bias, and bias doesn't lead to truth.

The only person worth risking everything for is the one person that would never let you risk everything for.

You can be strong as any boy if you'll work hard and train yourself in athletics, the way boys do.

The one person who's disappeared out of the business is the A&R man. Because the listener at home becomes the A&R man. He's the one who chooses what tracks he wants on the album. And that's cool.

We think the world is ours forever, but we are little more than squatters.

He who harbors hatred and bitterness injures himself far more than the one towards whom he manifests these evil propensities.

Do you think, that I could still call you 'my dear'?

To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been.

Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime by action dignified.