The gift of the great microscopist is the ability to think with the eyes and see with the brain.

He was like a shattered stained-glass window: something beautiful that's broken

Do not follow conformity toward the darkness. Follow the light of wisdom to fill the world with happiness.

After the horse dance was over, it seemed that I was above the ground and did not touch it when I walked.

... when all the world dissolves, And every creature shall be purified, All places shall be hell that are not heaven.

The scene was not a happy one yet we looked upon it in the cold stoical spirit of a soldier; a slight chilling pang and then a return soul and body to the enemy before us.

There are lots of things worth doing that are no way to make a living. They are agreeable ways to make a more agreeable life.

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

I laugh all the time - at things, people, stuff, whatever. But, I don't laugh onstage because then it's serious business.

The man who never makes a mistake must get tired of doing nothing.

Trust is the great simplifier. If people in business told the truth, 80 to 90 percent of their problems would disappear.