It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

Light is good in whatever lamp it may burn; even as a rose is beautiful in whatever garden it may bloom.

Politicians are like ships; noisiest when lost in a fog.

All our rightousnesses are like filthy rags

You see what power is holding someone else's fear in your handand showing it to them!

A hard job is one which leaves a fellow as tired before week-end as after.

Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.

Thegalleries are full of critics. They play no ball, they fight no fights. Theymake no mistakes because they attempt nothing. Down in the arena are thedoers. They make mistakes because they try many things. The man who makes nomistakes lacks boldness and

Beware,as long as you live, of judging people of appearances.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.

This creative man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero.