Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them....
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
Sometimes if you don't have kids yourself it's assumed you won't understand or know how to play a mom which is kind of silly if you think about it.