When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.

When they come downstairs from their ivory towers, idealists are apt to walk straight into the gutter

That girl,' tutted Alsana as her front door slammed, 'swallowed an encyclopedia and a gutter at the same time.

What I like in a good author isn't what he says, but what he whispers.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Happiness is a wine of the rarest vintage, and seems insipid to a vulgar taste.