And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

Pour, varlet, pour the waterThe water steaming hot!A spoonful for each man of usAnother for the pot!

His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run though not to soar.

The highest intellects like the tops of mountains are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.

The beauty is that you are always free to choose a better future as well as better past. Don't assign anyone else that much power over your life.

Everything in war is very simple. But the simplest thing is difficult.

Your whole life is on the other side of the glass. And there is nobody watching.

Have you ever noticed the softness of a kitten's feet? - they are like raspberries to hold in one's hand.

In the present age doubt has become immune to faith and faith has dissociated itself from doubt.

Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.

When a child is born, the entire Universe has to shift and make room. Another entity capable of free will, and therefore capable of becoming God, has been born.

Tennis is physical chess.

The horse's neck is between the two reins of the bridle, which both meet in the rider's hand.

In art, something comes of nothing. Out of the thin air and the ether, you create a story. And that is intensely satisfying.