So long as we do not blow our brains out, we have decided life is worth living.
Success does not mean happiness: it means an unusual number of industrious enemies.
When a man dies, and his kin are glad of it, they say, "He is better off."
When men are not regretting that life is so short, they are doing something to kill time.
If your faith is opposed to experience, to human learning and investigation, it is not worth the breath used in giving it expression.
I have long been disposed to judge men by their average. If it is reasonably high, I am charitable with faults that look pretty black.