While we have the gift of life, it seems to me that only tragedy is to allow part of us to die - whether it is our spirit, our creativity, or our glorious uniqueness.
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out the conservative adopts them.
Illusions are art, for the feeling person, and it is by art that you live, if you do.
Know, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.
Preserving health by too severe a rule is a worrisome malady.
Good soldiers never pass up a chance to eat or sleep. They never know how much they'll be called on to do before the next chance.