We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.
There is nothing more dreadful than imagination without taste.
Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.
A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
People fail forward to success.