Do not ask me to be kind; just ask me to act as though I were.

Fame is a constant effort

Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.

Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page; it writes three hundred.

It is more difficult to be an honorable man for a week than to be a hero for fifteen minutes.

I am afraid I shall not find him, but I shall still look for him, for if he exists, he may be appreciative of my efforts.

It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.