Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Life engenders life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.
The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy. And bring not all mischief you are able to upon an enemy, for he may one day become your friend.
This world is given as the prize for the men in earnest; and that which is true of this world, is truer still of the world to come.
Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.
Human beings have an inalienable right to invent themselves.