Take the humbug out of this world, and you haven't much left to do business with.
I never question a success, any more than I do the right of a bulldog to lie in his own gateway.
The great art of writing is knowing when to stop.
Theory looks well on paper, but does not amount to anything without practice.
There is gravity in wisdom, but no particular wisdom in gravity.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.