When I am idle and shiftless, my affairs become confused; when I work, I get results ... not great results, but enough to encourage me.
When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.
Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.
Most people eat as if they were fattening themselves for market.
Some people never have anything except ideals.
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.