Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.

She behaves as if she was beautiful. Most American women do. It is the secret of their charm.

The basis of action is lack of imagination. It is the last resource of those who know not how to dream.

Music is the art... which most completely realizes the artistic idea and is the condition to which all the other arts are constantly aspiring.

Children start out loving their parents, but as they grow older and discover their parents are human, they become judgmental. And sometimes, when they mature, they forgive their parents, especially when they discover they are also human.

If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.

Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob. It is through the voice of one crying in the wilderness that the ways of the gods must be prepared.