Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.
Francis Bacon
Riches are a good hand maiden, but a poor mistress.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest will either be supplied or its loss will not be felt.
He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad... →
The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.
Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again.
There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic... →
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
Kevin Bacon
Critics can be your most important friend. I don't read criticism of my stuff only because when it's bad, it's rough-and when it's... →