I like to play blackjack. I'm not addicted to gambling, I'm addicted to sitting in a semi-circle.
Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
You can only cure retail but you can prevent wholesale.
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.
Silent gratitude isn't much use to anyone.
Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster. Your life will never be the same again.
It's the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.