Look before you leap for as you sow, ye are like to reap.

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.

As she ran, a memory uncurled in her mind and spread out before her and it felt like she was running into the memory.

Our fear of not mattering much has the potential to draw us away from what matters most.

Men are just jealous because they can't wear makeup.

Contentment is the continuing act of accepting the process of your own life.

God, I am afraid he won't give me his answer today. If only somebody would help me - it is all so terribly depressing.

Before giving, the mind of the giver is happy; while giving, the mind of the giver is made peaceful; and having given, the mind of the giver is uplifted.

I have it on good authority-from the roads department chief, Mr. Arpin-that it will not snow after the fifteenth of March.

Though we travel the world over to find beauty, we must carry it with us or we find it not . . . The difference between landscape and landscape is small, but there is a great difference in beholders.

Scruples, temptations, and fears, and cutting perplexities of the heart, are often the lot of the most excellent persons.

Eloquence invites us to bring some part of ourselves to the transaction.