To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level.
Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousand of miles and all the years you have lived.
O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.