We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre.

Seeds of great discoveries are constantly floating around us, but they only take root in minds well prepared to receive them.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.

What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness second, their imagination, and third, their industry.