We say that every man is entitled to be valued by his best moment. We measure our friends so. We know, they have intervals of folly, whereof we take no heed, but wait the reappearings of the genius, which are sure and beautiful.

It never was in the power of any man or any community to call the arts into being. They come to serve his actual wants, never to please his fancy.

We are immersed in beauty, but our eyes have no clear vision.

Men succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories.

I can believe a miracle because I can raise my own arm. I can believe a miracle because I can remember. I can believe it because I can speak and be understood by you.

God made yeast, as well as dough, and loves fermentation just as dearly as he loves vegetation.

Man sheds grief as his skin sheds rain.