"Convey," the wise it call. "Steal!" foh! a fico for the phrase! -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act i. Sc. 3.

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

He seems to be of great authority. Close with him, give him gold; and though authority be a stubborn bear, yet he is oft led by the nose with gold.

Private victories precede public victories.

He's anybody's dog that will hunt with him.

Learning is not compulsory but neither is survival.

What was once thought can never be unthought.

To spell out the obvious is often to call it in question.

Separation penetrates the disappearing person like a pigment and steeps him in gentle radiance.

Who pleases one against his will.

Round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.

A stirring dwarf we do allowance give Before a sleeping giant.

The "value" or "worth" of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for the use of his power.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot.

Never, believe me, Appear the Immortals, Never alone.

You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself--and how little I deserve it.

He that loseth wealth, loseth much; he that loseth friends, loseth more; but he that loseth his spirit loseth all.

The best education in the world is that got by struggling to get a living. -Wendell Phillips.

Civilization is merely an advance in taste: accepting, all the time, nicer things, and rejecting nasty ones.

The closer I'm bound in love to you, the closer I am to free.