I think Mozart, like you, is an example of someone who has the gods moving through him, and his religion was creation.
I would define boastfulness to be the pretension to good which the boaster does not possess.
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited, but in adversity they come without invitation.
Waste of time is the most extravagant and costly of all expenses.
Remember that life holds out many pleasing deceits to us by the vanity of glory; for that when we are beginning to live, then we are dying. There is, therefore, nothing more profitless than ambition.
We must consider the distinctive characters and the general nature of plants from the point of view of their morphology , their behavior under external conditions, their mode of generation, and the whole course of their life.
For twenty years, my research has shown that the view you adopt for yourself profoundly affects the way you lead your life. It can determine whether you become the person you want to be and whether you accomplish the things you value.
I'm a bit of a potty mouth. My dad used to wash out my mouth with soap, but that was just to get rid of any traces of his DNA.
I’ve never had a writer’s block, but still I think: Is it going to happen this time? You never know what you’re going to get; you just put your fingers on the keys and hope.
Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.