If there's a gun on the wall in act one, scene one, you must fire the gun by act three, scene two. If you fire a gun in act three, scene two, you must see the gun on the wall in act one, scene one.

The wealthy man is not he who has money, but he who has the means to live in the luxurious state of early spring.

Your talent sets you apart: if you were a toad or a tarantula, even then, people would respect you, for to talent all things are forgiven.

There ought to be a man with a hammer behind the door of every happy man.

An artist observes, selects, guesses, and synthesizes.

For the salvation of his soul the Muslim digs a well. It would be a fine thing if each of us were to leave behind a school, or a well, or something of the sort, so that life would not pass by and retreat into eternity without a trace.

God's world is a good place. The one thing not good in it is we. How little justice and humility there is in us. How little we understand true patriotism!