Every new truth begins in a shocking heresy.

You can't have genius without patience.

Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.

A sneer is like a flame it may occasionally be curative because it cauterizes but it leaves a bitter scar.

A pint can't hold a quart-if it holds a pint it is doing all that can be expected of it.

One must desire something to be alive: perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.