Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever.
It shames the average man to be valued below his own estimate of his worth.
Carlyle said 'a lie cannot live.' It shows that he did not know how to tell them.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
We can't reach old age by another man's road.
Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambition.