You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.
Sooner or later, we've got to work at it, no matter how many other careers we've had or wanted.
If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play at it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.
We owe something to extravagance, for thrift and adventure seldom go hand in hand.
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
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.