“The future is no more uncertain than the present.”

“All the world 's a stage, and all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts.”

“It’s a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.”

“People disparage knowing and the intellectual life, and urge doing. I am content with knowing, if only I could know.”

“A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of consensus.”

“The moment you think you understand a great work of art, it's dead for you.”