O to be a dragon, a symbol of the power of Heaven-of silk-worm size or immense; at times invisible. Felicitous phenomenon!

As for butterflies, I can hardly conceive of one's attending upon you; but to question the congruence of the complement is vain, if it exists.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Your thorns are the best part of you.

Any writer overwhelmingly honest about pleasing himself is almost sure to please others.

Originality is... a by-product of sincerity.

Camels are snobbish and sheep, unintelligent; water buffaloes, neurasthenic-- even murderous. Reindeer seem over-serious.

Omissions are not accidents.

The hands are the heart's messengers.

The passion for setting people right is in itself an afflictive disease.

When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

The temple of truth has never suffered so much from woodpeckers on the outside as from termites within.

One can never have enough socks.

You don't get to vote on what is. Have you noticed?

The world belongs to optimists; the pessimists are only spectators.

I finally accepted Jesus. not as my personal savior, but as a man I intend to borrow money from.

It's impossible for me to think of music as a contest. All of the awards ceremonies, I mean I'm sure they're fun for people, but they have no meaning to me.

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

Real inspired acting is never DOING, it is always HAPPENING

The past is not clinging to you; YOU are clinging to the past. Once you are not clinging, the past simply EVAPORATES!

You've only got so long to live.