When people are fee to do as they please, they usually imitate each other. Originality is deliberate and forced, and partakes of the nature of a protest.

All genuinely creative ideas are initially met with rejection, since they necessarily threaten the status quo. An enthusiastic reception for a new idea is a sure sign that it is not original.

It is futile to judge a kind deed by its motives. Kindness can become its own motive. We are made kind by being kind.

People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.

Children are the keys of paradise.

It is easier to love humanity as a whole than to love one's neighbor.