I think one's feelings waste themselves in words; they ought all to be distilled into actions which bring results. Florence Nightingale
Call things by their right names - Glass of brandy and water! That is the current, but not the appropriate name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. Robert Hall
There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled. Ovid
The greatest work of art about New York? The question seems nebulous. The city's magic and majesty are distilled in the photographs of Alfred Stieglitz and Paul Strand. Jerry Saltz