I forget who it was that recommended men for their soul's good to do each day two things they disliked: it was a wise man, and it is a precept that I have followed scrupulously; for every day I have got up and I have gone to bed.

Life is really very fantastic, and one has to have a peculiar sense of humour to see the fun of it. [Virtue]

Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.

It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of childbirth.

It was such a beautiful day I decided to stay in bed.

Failure make people bitter and cruel. Success improves the character of the man.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.