While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness.
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
We inhereit from our ancestors gifts so often taken for granted... Each of us contains within... this inheritance of soul. We are links between the ages, containing past and present expectations, sacred memories and future promise.
I am not young enough to know everything.
There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.
The art of dining well is no slight art, the pleasure not a slight pleasure.
Feet, why do I need them if I have wings to fly?