An occultation of Venus is not half so difficult as an eclipse of the sun, but because it comes seldom the world thinks it's a grand thing.

A dream...I was trying to explain to St. Peter, and was doing it in the German tongue, because I didn't want to be too explicit.

Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until they have inquired into the politics or the nationality of the man who did it.

The only way to keep your health is to eat what you don't want, drink what you don't like, and do what you'd rather not.

In Austria an editor who can write well is valuable, but he is not likely to remain so unless he can handle a sabre with charm.

Optimist: day dreamer more elegantly spelled.