Being is the great explainer.
I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.
When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.
Rich men without convictions are more dangerous in modern society than poor women without chastity.
Have a care, therefore, where there is more sail than ballast.
The secret source of humor is not joy but sorrow; there is no humor in Heaven.
Columbus discovered no isle or key so lonely as himself.
Trust yourself. You’ve survived a lot, and you’ll survive whatever is coming.
One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved.
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
The wise know that foolish legislation is a rope of sand, which perishes in the twisting.
Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
In childhood be modest, in youth temperate, in adulthood just, and in old age prudent.
Fear follows crime and is its punishment.
If you follow reason far enough it always leads to conclusions that are contrary to reason.
There are many humorous things in the world; among them, the white man’s notion that he is less savage than the other savages.
Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yourselves.
There are no conditions to which a person cannot grow accustomed, especially if he sees that everyone around him lives in the same way.
By common consent of all the nations and all the ages the most valuable thing in this world is the homage of men, whether deserved or undeserved.
We’re comic. We’re all comics. We live in a comic time. And the worse it gets the more comic we are.
