Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.

Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.

The dice of Zeus always fall luckily.

Always desire to learn something useful

Believe that a further shore is reachable from here.

All men make mistakes, but a good man yields when he knows his course is wrong, and repairs the evil. The only crime is pride.

Children are the anchors of a mother's life.

Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.

There is nothing more hateful than bad advice.

Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still.

Holy fear is to shun evil.

I always look towards the light of my desires, so I never forget where I'm going.

The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.

Do not address your readers as though they were gathered together in a stadium. When people read your copy, they are alone. Pretend you are writing to each of them a letter on behalf of your client.

Cole Porter had a worldwide reputation as a sophisticate and hedonist

Godliness consists in the knowledge love & worship of God, Humanity in love, righteousness & good offices towards man.

The thing is, often press people ask questions that are so personal that even your nearest and dearest wouldn't ask them.

There is more to be said for stupidity than people imagine. Personally I have a great admiration for stupidity. It is a sort of fellow-feeling, I suppose.

Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into passages that are very interesting and subtle, and sometimes your original intent changes quite a bit.

The rocks, to a great extent, look swept clean. It's a much cleaner surface than what we had a right to hope for.