Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to rub our guilty conscience against others the way we wipe dirty fingers on a rag. This is as evil a misuse of others as the practice of exploitation.

To the frustrated, freedom from responsibility is more attractive than freedom from restraint.

Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.

We probably have a greater love for those we support than for those who support us. Our vanity carries more weight than our self-interest.

The best part of the art of living is to know how to grow old gracefully.

The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.

It is loneliness that makes the loudest noise. This is true of men as of dogs.