Disguise thyself as thou wilt, still, Slavery," said I, "still thou art a bitter draught.

People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

The cast, staff, and crew of a live theater work together toward a common goal: a good performance. Thus, theater is necessarily a group effort. However, it is never a group effort of vague fellow committee members, but of associated autocrats-a playwright, a producer, a director, a stage manager, designers, and, above all, actors. Each accommodates the others, and may overlap others in function when necessary. But each autocrat assumes distinct responsibilities and accepts them completely.

The loneliness is the mother of wisdom.

Probably Providence has implanted peevishness and ill-temper in sick and old persons, in compassion to the friends or relations who are to survive; as it must naturally lessen the concern they might otherwise feel for their loss.

Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.