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

There's nothing a man can stand so much of as praise.

Nothing shows the kind of fool you are as quick as your tongue.

As long as I am on this little planet I expect to love a lot of people and I hope they will love me in return.

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.

I hate a conscience. It's always making you feel low down and disreputable. I don't believe I will say anything to my children about one, and let them have some peace.

What puppets we humans are - what puppets! Born without permission, dying when it is neither pleasant nor convenient, we are made to march or crawl through life on the edge of a precipice from which at any moment we may be knocked over. And we're told we should believe the experience is a privilege!