If you want to be a good blues singer, people are going to be down on you, so dress like you're going to the bank to borrow money.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise Grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.

