Death is dreadfully personal, terribly important to oneself, and so unimportant to the rest of the world.

A man would rather fail according to his own ideas than succeed according to another's.

It isn't bad judgment to make a man believe he is something. He is by nature inclined to it, and a little encouragement is good for most people.

Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times.

People are generally opposed to things they know nothing about.

All men are no more alike than all women, only aliker.

A man may be made in one generation, but a lady never!