"The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out"

"Raising children is an incredibly hard and risky business in which no cumulative wisdom is gained: each generation repeats the mistakes the previous one made"

"The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease"

"Advertising is the art of making whole lies out of half truths"

"On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows"

"Errors are not in the art but in the artificers"

"Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage"

"The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom"

"Silence does not always mark wisdom"

"Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense"

"Advertising is the greatest art form of the 20th century"