How often do we not see children ruined through the virtues, real or supposed, of their parents?

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.

When the dust settles, the horses will be gone

Sports can't be run by governments.

Hope is the confusion of the desire for a thing with its probability.

Of course; a nurse wouldn't have been quite so bold in her speech. Not to a duke's heir. Not even to a wealthy tradesman who held the power of her employment in his too-large hands.

But if I played well and prepared myself properly, then all I had to do was control myself and put myself in a position to win.

As a governor and senator, John Chafee set the standard for honesty and decency that the rest of us on our best days could only dream to emulate.

The oak has not the efficacy of the fir, nor the cypress that of the elm.

When I have worries, fears or a love affair, I have the luck of being able to transform it into a poem.

The principal linkages between Japan and the U.S. global economies are trade, financial markets, and commodity markets.

I wanted to see what was going on in the world. I sometimes think I overwished.