Some Miscellaneous Quotations

(Part Eighteen)

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

He that is over-cautious will accomplish little.

A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.

Those whose approval you seek most, give you the least.

A person is never happy except at the price of some ignorance.

We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.

You have endured worse things: God will grant an end even to these.

Why kick the man downstream who can't put the parts together because the parts really weren't designed properly?

With the fearful strain that is on me night and day, if I did not laugh I should die. Where there is love there is life.

The lash may force men to physical labor, but it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.

Nothing can be more obvious than that all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.

Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.

The soup is never hot enough if the waiter can keep his thumb in it.

Boredom is the dream bird that hatches the egg of experience. A rustling in the leaves drives him away.

Own more than thou showest, speak less than thou knowest.

The Lord has turned all our sunsets into sunrise.

What you get free costs too much.

The artist is the child of his time but woe to him if he is also its disciple, or even its favorite.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

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