I was lucky to live in New York when it was dangerous and edgy and cheap enough to play host to young, penniless artists. That was the era of "coffee shops" as they were defined in New York—cheap restaurants open round the clock where you could eat...
A final word should be said concerning the status of free blacks. Before the American Revolution this status had been ambiguous, and the number of free blacks was insignificant. <...> A rash of new laws, similar to the later Black Codes of Reconstruc...
I knew he was unreliable, but he was fun to be with. He was a child’s ideal companion, full of surprises and happy animal energy. He enjoyed food and drink. He liked to try new things. He brought home coconuts, papayas, mangoes, and urged them on o...
Christianity revitalized life in Greco-Roman cities by providing new norms and new kinds of social relationships able to cope with many urgent urban problems. To cities filled with the homeless and the impoverished, Christianity offered charity as we...
Sickness comes with a waning moon; a new moon cures disease.
Don't build a new ship out of old wood.
Boast during the day; be humble at night.
Let someone else sing your praise.
Old canoes can be restored, but youth and beauty cannot.
Who lives in a quiet house has plenty.
An old loan repaid is like finding something new.
To every answer you can find a new question.
Order is heaven's first law.
There is no reality -- only our own order imposed on everything.
Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.
Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to get the whole mid-life crisis package.
I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.
A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year.
My philosophy in life is to eat, drink and investigate - in that order.
You must in all Airs follow the strength, spirit, and disposition of the horse, and do nothing against nature; for art is but to set nature in order, and nothing else.
The natural law is an instrument for progress, not a weapon of revolution.
