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

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.

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

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.

Never forsake what we have. There is no barter or trade worth exchanging what we mean to one another.

You are not what you want

One succeeds in obtaining an equivalent production at a lower price by improving the arts, trades and agriculture and by developing the physical and moral qualities of workers, farmers and craftsmen.

It's only a story, isn't it?"... "Who's to say what's only a story and what's truth disguised as a story?

How vital are mother’s influence and teaching in the home-and how apparent when neglected!

The best customer of American industry is the well paid worker.

I'm disappearing from twitter for a while. Need a break from the bile. Local prejudice just seems to bring out the worst in some people.

My mother told me that niceness and kindness goes a long way.

I would introduce myself if it were not useless. The name I had last night will not be the same as the name I have tonight. For the moment, then, let me say that I am thinking of Sam Slovoda.

I definitely want to record an album, direct a film and start my own religion.