"The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine."

"Each generation writes off earlier errors as the result of bad thinking, of less able minds--and then confidently embarks on making fresh errors of its own."

"I don't understand anything about the ballet; all I know is that during the intervals the ballerinas stink like horses."

"Sometimes a fool makes a good suggestion."

"Instant gratification takes too long."

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

"Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content."

"Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood."

"I make the most of all that comes, And the least of all that goes."

"When an opera star sings her head off, she usually improves her appearance."