The child, offered the mother's breast, Will not in the beginning grab it; But soon it clings to it with zest. And thus at wisdom's copious breasts You'll drink each day with greater zest.

Association with women is the basis of good manners.

Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward; they may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.

We must not take the faults of our youth with us into old age, for age brings along its own defects.

Tolerance should really be only a temporary attitude; it must lead to recognition. To tolerate means to offend.

We will burn that bridge when we come to it.

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art, and no surer method of linking oneself to it than by Art.