The report of my death was an exaggeration.
Repartee is something we think of twenty-four hours too late.
We are always more anxious to be distinguished for a talent which we do not possess, than to be praised for the fifteen which we do possess.
No man, deep down in the privacy of his heart, has any considerable respect for himself.
To believe yourself brave is to be brave; it is the one only essential thing.
We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that the savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter.