It is more trouble to make a maxim than it is to do right.
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
Laughter without a tinge of philosophy is but a sneeze of humor. Genuine humor is replete with wisdom.
When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it happened or not.
The man who isn't a pessimist is a damned fool.
Don't you know that the very thing a man dreads is the thing that always happens?