Unlike grown ups, children have little need to deceive themselves.

In politics as on a sickbed men toss from side to side in hope of lying more comfortably.

Men are so constituted that every one undertakes what he sees another successful in, whether he has aptitude for it or not.

Thou art in the end what thou art. Put on wigs with millions of curls, set thy foot upon ell-high rocks. Thou abidest ever--what thou art.

You must either conquer and rule or serve and lose, suffer or triumph, be the anvil or the hammer.

Traveling is like gambling: it is always connected with winning and losing and generally where it is least expected we receive, more or less than what we hoped for.

A correct answer is like an affectionate kiss.