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

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.

Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.

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