The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.
At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.
My head rang like a gong.
Deeds, not words shall speak me.
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!
Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus, but use all gently. For in the very torrent, tempest, and as I may say, whirlwind of passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.