Example has far more followers than reason.

Excessive sensibility is only another name for morbid self-consciousness.

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

The nearest approximation to an understanding of life is to feel it--to realize it to the full--to be a profound and inscrutable mystery.

The Breath becomes a stone; the stone, a plant; the plant, an animal; the animal, a man; the man, a spirit; and the spirit, a god.

Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin.