If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed.

The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labor.

Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

Some authorities hold that the young ought not to lie at all. That, of course, is putting it rather stronger than necessary; still, while I cannot go quite so far as that, I do maintain, and I believe I am right, that the young ought to be temperate in the use of this great art until practice and experience shall give them that confidence, elegance and precision which alone can make the accomplishment graceful and profitable.

France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country.

Time cools, time clarifies; no mood can be maintained quite unaltered through the course of hours. When you make a decision to "be" a particular way, you can count on change and external circumstances to come along which will challenge that decision. Remain vigilant after declaring a major decision and manage yourself in relationship to the goal. Set up structures that support you staying on target.