There is a strong conservative instinct in the average man or woman, born of the hereditary fear of life, that prompts them to cling to old standards, or, if too intelligent to look inhospitably upon progress, to move very slowly. Both types are the brakes and wheelhorses necessary to a stable civilization, but history, even current history in the newspapers, would be dull reading if there were no adventurous spirits willing to do battle for new ideas.

Our impulses are our birthright. To alter personality would be unjust, almost criminal, for the impulses that make a fool or worse of us in certain circumstances may be necessary for our happiness.

nothing in life is more corroding than habit.

Nowhere can it rain harder and with a more tiresome persistence than in California during the brief season when it rains at all.

If you can't get the very best in this world, take nothing.

The minority of one generation is usually the majority of the next.

the only revenge worth having is success.