The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.
Self-admiration giveth much consolation.
It is a pretty trick of authors to make nature ever in sympathy with man, but as a matter of fact she seldom is.
A man is more than one being in his life. If the last persists, why not the first? If there be a hereafter for his age, why not for his youth?
If you can't get the very best in this world, take nothing.
New York has always prided itself on its bad manners. That is the real source of our strength.