A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Have patience awhile; slanders are not long-lived. Truth is the child of time; erelong she shall appear to vindicate thee.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
I don't like composers who think. It gets in the way of their plagiarism.
We are what we repeatedly do.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
There are two types of people--those who come into a room and say, 'Well, here I am!' and those who come in and say, 'Ah, there you are.'