The harp is an insipid instrument--no good for dancing, feasting, or marching, only for sitting primly in a parlor or on a cloud.
To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.
Placing the extraordinary at the center of the ordinary, as realism does, is a great comfort to us stay-at-homes.
No use saying necessity is making a mistake.
By the time I have clarified a thought, I no longer want to think it.
To make a thought my own, I must think it often.