The choir always tittered and whispered all through the service. There was once a church choir that was not ill-bred, but I have forgotten where it was.

Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered - either by themselves or by others.

To forget pain is to be painless; to forget care is to be rid of it; to go abroad is to accomplish both.

But old fools is the biggest fools there is.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

I could never learn to like her, except on a raft at sea with no other provisions in sight.

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.