Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first.

Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.

Men of genius are like eagles, they live on what they kill, while men of talents are like crows, they live on what has been killed for them.

The man who gets bit twice by the same dog is better adapted for that kind of business than any other.

Fuss is half-sister to hurry, and neither of them can do anything without getting in their own way.

Words are often seen hunting for an idea, but ideas are never seen hunting for words.

There is nothing so easy to learn as experience and nothing so hard to apply.