We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
In all recorded history there has not been one economist who has had to worry about where the next meal would come from.
By all means marry; if you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?
Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.