Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
Love truth, and pardon error.
The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it.
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
Everybody likes a kidder, but nobody lends him money.
We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment.
I used to believe that marriage would diminish me, reduce my options. That you had to be someone less to live with someone else when, of course, you have to be someone more.