I revolted from sentimentality, less because it was false than because it was cruel.
Youth is the period of harsh judgments, and a man seldom learns until he reaches thirty that human nature is made up not of simples, but of compounds.
Dignity is an anachronism.
Pessimism is the affectation of youth, the reality of age.
Give the young half a chance and they will create their own future, they will even create their own heaven and earth.
The age is a vociferous one, and no prophet is without honor who is able to strike an attitude and to speak loud enough to make himself heard.