A dead thing goes with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.

All the exaggerations are right, if they exaggerate the right thing.

I have formed a very clear conception of patriotism. I have generally found it thrust into the foreground by some fellow who has something to hide in the background. I have seen a great deal of patriotism; and I have generally found it the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.

And all over the world, the old literature, the popular literature, is the same. It consists of very dignified sorrow and very undignified fun. Its sad tales are of broken hearts; its happy tales are of broken heads.

The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.

Marriage halves our griefs, doubles our joys, and quadruples our expenses