Life is consciousness.
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?
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it.
Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
The gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.
My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
I think people want their illusions and writers are mostly illusion. When you read their words, you read a flattened, incomplete version of the writer.