You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?
Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
The mellow sweetness of pumpkin pie off a prison spoon is something you will never forget.
Keep true to the dreams of thy youth.
Obscurity is a good thing. You can fail in obscurity. It removes the fear of failure.
We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.
After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.