All succeeds with people who are sweet and cheerful.
Being a bird ain't all about flying and shitting from high places.
The rude beginnings of every art acquire a greater celebrity than the art in perfection; he who first played the fiddle was looked upon as a demigod.
Is there anyone so wise as to learn by the experience of others?
Feeble verses are those which sin not against rules, but against genius.
He was a great patriot, a humanitarian, a loyal friend; provided, of course, he really is dead.