The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
In America, they want you to accomplish these great feats, to pull off these David Copperfield-type stunts. You want me to be great, but you don't ever want me to say I'm great?
I'm moving, but don't worry! Someone once told me we're all on the same planet, so I'll be okay!
There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
It's innocence when it charms us, ignorance when it doesn't.
If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer.
Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.