When the water of a place is bad it is safest to drink none that has not been filtered through either the berry of a grape, or else a tub of malt. These are the most reliable filters yet invented.

Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.

Human life is as evanescent as the morning dew or a flash of lightning.

If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule.

Creativity is so delicate a flower that praise tends to make it bloom, while discouragement often nips it in the bud.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.

People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.

Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only.

To whom could I put this question (with any hope of an answer)? Does being able to live without someone you loved mean you loved her less than you thought...?

Art has a voice - let it speak.

If the creation is separated from the creator, the creation will die

Inspiration does not come like a bolt nor is it kinetic energy striving but it comes to us slowly and quietly and all the time.

God grinds the axes he intends to use.

When I got a lap dance, because I was 17, they had to put a massive pillow between me and the girl when she was grinding me. It was weird, yet pleasurable.

There always exists an absolute norm to be preserved

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.

The incredible list of supposed horrors that increasing carbon dioxide will bring the world is pure belief disguised as science.