Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone.
Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right.
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone and that's where you renew your springs that never dry up.
We cannot destroy kindred: Our chains stretch a little sometimes, but they never break.
No man remains quite what he was when he recognizes himself.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
If it weren't for baseball, many kids wouldn't know what a millionaire looked like.