I am not sincere, even when I say I am not.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls.
Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.