I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Where the speech is corrupted, the mind is also.

—Seneca

Speech is the mirror of the mind.
(Imago Animi Sermo Est)

—Seneca

Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

—Seneca

It is a great thing to know the season for speech and the season for silence.

—Seneca

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.

—Seneca

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

—Marlene Dietrich

What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.

—Mark Twain

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

—Joseph Roux

Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote.

—Edward Young

I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound—if I can remember any of the damn things.

—Dorothy Parker