Never rely on the glory of the morning nor the smiles of your mother-in-law.
We play the hands of cards life gives us. And the worst hands can make us the best players.
The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it!
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle.
There are no wise few. Every aristocracy that has ever existed has behaved, in all essential points, exactly like a small mob.
I have enjoyed greatly the second blooming... suddenly you find - at the age of 50, say - that a whole new life has opened before you.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.