It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the read more

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they read more

In this country men seem to live for action as long as they can and sink into apathy when they retire.

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a read more

Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades.

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the read more

For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? read more

I used to hurt so badly that I'd ask God why, what have I done to deserve any of this? I feel now He was preparing me for this, for the future. That's the way I see it.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to read more

The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.