All mankind love a lover.
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts; they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty.
The key to every man is his thought. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.
Who shall set a limit to the influence of a human being?
Wherever work is done, victory is attained.
Manners require time, and nothing is more vulgar than haste.
The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one’s clothes.
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
Doubt kills more dreams than failure ever will.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
My great hope is to laugh as much as I cry; to get my work done and try to love somebody and have the courage to accept the love in return.
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
The reason why men do not obey us is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
In the multitude of middle-aged men who go about their vocations in a daily course determined for them much in the same way as the tie of their cravats, there is always a good number who once meant to shape their own deeds and alter the world a little.
One great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
Is life worth living? This is a question for an embryo not for a man.
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child’s rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man’s whore.
Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity.
