Respectability is the dickey on the bosom of civilization.
A pessimist is a man who has been compelled to live with an optimist.
It does not make much difference what a person studies-all knowledge is related, and the man who studies anything, if he keeps at it, will be learned.
What others say of me matters little; what I myself say and do matters much.
I rather like the World. The Flesh is pleasing and the Devil does not trouble me.
I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.