A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.

The youth of an art is, like the youth of anything else, its most interesting period.

To die completely, a person must not only forget but be forgotten, and he who is not forgotten is not dead.

The human intellect owes its superiority over that of the lower animals in great measure to the stimulus which alcohol has given imagination.

When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words.