Which is worse? The wolf who cries before eating the lamb or the wolf who does not.
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
As for accomplishments, I just did what I had to do as things came along.
We know there is intention and purpose in the universe, because there is intention and purpose in us.
Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderate use rather than total abstinence.
No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.
All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.
Man – a creature made at the end of the week’s work when God was tired.
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Anger is a brief lunacy.
Failure is success if we learn from it.
Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.
Good breeding, a union of kindness and independence.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
There is no such thing as the Queen’s English. The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!
Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself.
I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
Every time I think I have reached the peak, I look up and see I still have a ways to go. But I look back and see just how far I have come.
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
