A letter is a risky thing; the writer gambles on the reader's frame of mind.

it's better to be crazy on one point and happy, than sane on all points and unhappy.

It is useless to deny that, unless one has a genius for imparting knowledge, teaching is a drudgery.

If you give way to fear, you'll be a coward; and ... a coward is apt to be a liar. The devil's first name is Fear.

What I object to in Mother is that she wants me to think her thoughts. Apart from the question of hypocrisy, I prefer my own.

The fact is, the secret of happiness is the sense of proportion.

One must desire something to be alive; perhaps absolute satisfaction is only another name for Death.