Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Few people think more than two or three times a year; I have made an international reputation for myself by thinking once or twice a week.
You can't have a light without a dark to stick it in.
Vegetarianism is harmless enough, though it is apt to fill a man with wind and self-righteousness.
Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.
The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.