The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.

A sense of the value of time... is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.

All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do.

You wake up in the morning, and lo! your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. It is unstealable. And no one receives either more or less than you receive.

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.