One of the most important things to remember about infant care is: don't change diapers in midstream.

fire is beautiful and we know that if we get too close it will kill us but what does that matter it is better to be happy for a moment and be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while

As the skull of the man grows broader, so do his creeds. And his gods they are shaped in his image and mirror his needs. And he clothes them with thunders and beauty, He clothes them with music and fire, Seeing not, as he bows by their altars, That he worships his own desire.

Give up the dream that Love may trick the fates To live again somewhere beyond the gleam Of dying stars, or shatter the strong gates Some god has builded high; give up the dream.

Old godheads sink in space and drown Their arks like foundered galleons sucked down.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get it to the mint.

When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?'