Lovers needn't always agree, anymore than poetry need always rhyme.

Often what we take for a kindness is just someone acting in their capacity as a human being.

What you discover in a democracy is that it is difficult to build a house when each nail has an opinion.

There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed.

Does a rose exist that I might behold it? Or do I exist that a rose might be beheld?

A dog is much like a married man, obeying his master's voice for the sake of his master's touch.

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on.