That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.

One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics, replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make a bad programme for a British Ministry.

The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you.

It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.

Hope is the denial of reality. - Dragons of Winter Night.

Understanding human needs is half the job of meeting them.

They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to misfortune, rather than to insufficient application. At the core of every true talent there is an awareness of the difficulties inherent in any achievement, and the confidence that by persistence and patience something worthwhile will be realized. Thus talent is a species of vigor.

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.

He that lives to forever, never fears dying.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

I'd like to be a queen in people's hearts but I don't see myself being Queen of this country.

Creator Venus, genial power of love, The bliss of men below, and gods above! Beneath the sliding sun thou runn'st thy race, Dost fairest shine, and best become thy place; For thee the winds their eastern blasts forbear, Thy mouth reveals the spring, and opens all the year; Thee, goddess, thee, the storms of winter fly, Earth smiles with flowers renewing, laughs the sky.

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people don't recognize them.

I am slow of study. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2.

The gods Grow angry with your patience. 'Tis their care, And must be yours, that guilty men escape not: As crimes do grow, justice should rouse itself.

Where the pools are bright and deep Where the gray trout lies asleep, Up the river and o'er the lea That's the way for Billy and me.

Say yes to your Universe.

Reason is the substance of the universe, the design of the world is absolutely rational.

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.

Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition.