Youth is the time for adventures of the body, but age for the triumphs of the mind.
If you want to be thought a liar, always tell the truth
How can they say my life is not a success? Have I not for more than sixty years got enough to eat and escaped being eaten?
A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent
Most people sell their souls, and live with a good conscience on the proceeds.
An improper mind is a perpetual feast.