There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come.
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.
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.