Normal is not something to aspire to, it's something to get away from.
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
TV is chewing gum for the eyes.
Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness for it shows me the stars.