Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
One of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish had been left unsaid.
Creative work is play. It is free speculation using materials of one's chosen form.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself, tell yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches.
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.
When we got into office, the thing that surprised me the most was that things were as bad as we'd been saying they were.
Nothing is said that has not been said before.
We cannot deny the facts of nature, but we should certainly try to improve on them.