Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend.
The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.
Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.