Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.

Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues$$$ but the parent of all others.

When he possessed her$$$ they seemed to swoon together at the very borderland of life's mystery.

The delicious breath of rain was in the air.

If gold rust$$$ what then will iron do?<br/>For if a priest be foul in whom we trust<br/>No wonder that a common man should rust. . . .

The life so short$$$ the craft so long to learn.

That's the difference between crime and business. For business you gotta have capital. Sometimes I think it's the only difference.

Take my advice and live for a long$$$ long time. Because the maddest thing a man can do in this life is to let himself die.

I will tell you what she was like. She was like a piano in a country where everyone has had their hands cut off.