Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

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.

Books measure time in both moments and years. We all grow old but the stories never will.

Lucky for you, since you’re the most dangerous man I’ve ever met. Asane woman would run away from you, not toward you.

The immediate future is going to be tragic for all of us unless we find a way of making the vast educational resources of this country serve the true purpose of education, truth and justice.

Whenever competition is feasible it is, for all its imperfections, superior to regulation as a means of serving the public interest.

What I wanted and what I visualized while composing has not always been realized.

Jeb climbed the ladder Fang had just lowered and I indulged in a moments fantasy about someone slamming the trapdoor on his head.”-max

Pessimism is the one ism which kills the soul.

Pilates introduced me to muscles I never even knew I had. Soon I started to feel longer and leaner. Ten years of Pilates has really changed my body for the better.

Freedom is the recognition of contingency.

The art of poetry is to touch the passions, and its duty to lead them on the side of virtue.