Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.

Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.

Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.

I have heard a greater storm in a boiling pot.

On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a [glass], and said that it was sixteen years old. 'It is very small for its age,' said Gnathaena.

It is the mark of a gentleman to be moderate in the use of wine.

Whoever gulps down wine as a horse gulps down water is called a Scythian.

'It is very small for its age,' said Gnathaena.

We need to be our own guide. We can live a much more peaceful and happy life if we think about positive growth of ourselves and others, and its effects on the universe." -Hina Hashmi

Danielle had never started a business. But if others can do it, so can I.

It is for us to do those things which the Lord requires at our hands, and leave the result with him.

When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.

Freedom is not overcoming what you think stands in your way. It is understanding that what is in your way is part of the way.

I admit that I haven't read everything in my library, but I feel smarter just walking in it!

You would know the secret of death. But how shall you find it unless you seek it in the heart of life.

Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Nor he his nature changed by changing ground. [Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco; Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]

I want to do things for people they will never forget. Maybe that’s the best thing I can do in life.

The real question one should ask when presented with a puzzle is, ‘Should I solve it? Do I really need to know the answer?