A few can touch the magic string, and noisy fame is proud to win them: Alas for those that never sing, but die with all their music in them!

Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.

Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.

Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.

The mind of a bigot to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts.

Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.

I hate paying taxes. But I love the civilization they give me