He who jumps for the moon and gets it not leaps higher than he who stoops for a penny in the mud.

When the flood cometh it sweepeth away grain as well as chaff.

For ages past the Genius of Literature and the Genius of Art have walked together hand in hand. For the Goddess of letters is blind, and only she of Art can lend her sight.

It doth make a man better,' quoth Robin Hood, 'to bear of those noble men so long ago. When one doth list to such tales, his soul doth say, 'put by thy poor little likings and seek to do likewise.' Truly, one may not do as nobly one's self, but in the striving one is better.

Throw your heart into the picture and then jump in after it.

What is done is done; and the cracked egg cannot be cured.

The right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy.