The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.

Doing is overrated, and success undesirable, but the bitterness of failure even more so.

A great writer created a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.

Like the bee its sting, the promiscuous leave behind them in each encounter something of themselves by which they are made to suffer.