Success is a poor teacher

But there's always a first time for everything

I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.

Ha! Good luck, lady!" Gustav laughed and tapped his thick index finger against his temple. "No one knows what goes on inside this head. Not even me.

Manners are the basic building blocks of civil society.

It’s not the struggles that define you; it’s how you overcome them.

The variation in the value of money, however great, makes no difference in the rate of profits.

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet.

Have you ever noticed that when you pray, coincidences happen? And when you don't, they don't.

I don't take a great deal of interest in party politics. Social politics interests me a great deal more.

This is the last sentence of my dissertation: "What is soul in music if not powerfully embodied human presence?"