Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

In wine, there's truth.

It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem.

Education is education. We should learn everything and then choose which path to follow." Education is neither Eastern nor Western, it is human.

Invest in yourself. You get OUT what you put IN.

Who you are is what you wish to be.

I had lots of opportunities to survive this [popularity] madness. Madame de Staël said, "Glory is the bright mourning of happiness."

If you ever have to ask someone else's opinion on a trade, you shouldn't be in it.

We never knew an ignorant person yet but was prejudiced.

I am much more productive late at night because I have no one to look to for entertainment aside from myself.

If we tire of the saints, Shakspeare is our city of refuge.

The play I did on Broadway a couple of seasons ago started out of town and it moved its way into New York because of the experience that we had out of town.