Pity is the most agreeable feeling among those who have little pride and no prospects of great conquests.

You should seek your enemy, you should wage your war - a war for your opinions. And when your opinion is defeatedy our honesty should still cry triumph over that!

Being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol' dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes!

What is bad? -Everything that arises from weakness.

I teach the No to all that makes weak--that exhausts. I teach the Yes to all that strengthens, that stores up strength, that pride.

Good writers have two things in common: they prefer to be understood rather than admired; and they do not write for knowing and over-acute readers.

If we have injured someone, giving him the opportunity to make a joke about us is often enough to provide him personal satisfaction, or even to win his good will.