To hurt someone you know will forgive you is the unkindiest thing of all.
The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue.
There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly.
It is better to fall in with crows than with flatterers; for in the one case you are devoured when dead , in the other case while alive.
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
It is a royal privilege to do good and be ill spoken of.
Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.
Give of thy love, nor wait to know the worth Of what thou lovest; and ask no returning. And wheresoe'er thy pathway leads on earth, There thou shalt find the lamp of love-light burning.
The music director, Stephen Oremus, was telling me: "I hope you've done your work. " We only have ten days rehearsal. The music is no joke. My solo singing is not that hard. But the stuff I have as part of the choir or as a "Dead Guest" in the second-half. . . I'm singing some really incredible chorus stuff that I haven't done in a long time. It's extremely difficult.
I know when things are good or bad.
Find your horse. Discover the direction the horse is going. Ride the horse in that direction.