The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.

Mrs. Montagu has dropt me. Now, Sir, there are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be dropped by.

Greek, sir, is like lace; every man gets as much of it as he can.

The thing that makes it all worth it is when someone comes up and says, 'I had a really hard time in my life and your album really helped me.' As long as that …

The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.

A church should be judged not on its seating capacity, but on its sending capacity.