From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance.

Truth, like milk, arrives in the dark But even so, wise dogs don't bark. Only mongrels make it hard For the milkman to come up the yard.

Blessed is he who has never been tempted; for he knows not the frailty of his rectitude.

It's a good thing to turn your mind upside down now and then, like an hour-glass, to let the particles run the other way.

Happiness is surely the best teacher of good manners: only the unhappy are churlish in deportment.

There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.