Do not complain about growing old. It is a privilege denied to many.

A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand.

I felt it was my duty to praise all of God's works with fervent enthusiasm. At the same time I killed flies in my house in a spirit of hatred, exasperation and contempt. My praise to God for all his works was dishonest, the act of killing the fly was honest.

Life should begin with age and its privileges and accumulations, and end with youth and its capacity to splendidly enjoy such advantages.

We despise no source that can pay us a pleasing attention.

There is nothing that saps one's confidence as the knowing how to do a thing

The most permanent lessons in morals are those which come, not of book teaching, but of experience.