Cynicism is a sure sign of youth.
A good novel cannot be too long or a bad novel too short.
One cannot lay a foundation by scattering stones, nor is a reputation for good work to be got by strewing volumes about the world.
nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.
The hardest thing to believe when you're young is that people will fight to stay in a rut, but not to get out of one.
Life has taught me that the greatest tragedy is not to die too soon but to live too long.