One of the first principles of perseverance is to know when to stop persevering.

A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.

Almost before the big motor-car stopped, the girl sprang out.

... the subjective viewpoint is the only one to use regarding a library. Your true library is a collection of the books you want.You may have deplorably poor taste or bad judgment. Never mind. Correct those traits before you exchange your books.

I think, for the rest of my life, I shall refrain from looking up things. It is the most ravenous time-snatcher I know. You pull one book from the shelf, which carries a hint or a reference that sends you posthaste to another book, and that to successive others. It is incredible, the number of books you hopefully open and disappointedly close, only to take down another with the same result.

At times there is nothing so unnatural as nature.

Happiness is the ability to recognize it.