The real world is not easy to live in. It is rough; it is slippery. Without the most clear-eyed adjustments we fall and get crushed. A man must stay sober; not always, but most of the time.

The first thing the world does to a genius is to make him lose all his youth.

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.

Ants are good citizens; they place group interest first. But they carry it so far, they have few or no political rights. An ant doesn't have the vote, apparently; he just has his duties.

Will and wisdom are both mighty leaders. Our times worship will.

Real friendships among men are so rare that when they occur they are famous.

Tender are a mother's dreams, But her babe's not what he seems. See him plotting in his mind To grow up some other kind.