The weak overcomes its/ menace, the strong over-/comes itself.

Life is energy, and energy is creativity. And even when individuals pass on, the energy is retained in the work of art, locked in it and awaiting release if only someone will take the time and the care to unlock it.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

Wolf's wool is the best of wool, / but it cannot be sheared because / the wolf will not comply.

My father used to say, "Superior people never make long visits, have to be shown Longfellows grave, or the glass flowers at Harvard."

We don't like flowers that do not wilt; they must die, and nine she-camel hairs aid memory.

It is human nature to stand in the middle of a thing.