"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets and to steal bread."

"When a thing has been said and well, have no scruple. Take it and copy it."

"The average man, who does not know what to do with his life, wants another one which will last forever."

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

"Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another."

"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread."

"Grieve not that I die young. Is it not well To pass away ere life hath lost its brightness?"

"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... it takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction."

"He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet."

"If your children look up to you, you've made a success of life's biggest job."

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

"Oscar Wilde: 'I wish I had said that.' Whistler: 'You will, Oscar; you will."