It’s not the good that die young, it’s the lucky.
What are the proper proportions of a maxim? A minimum of sound to a maximum of sense.
Take your mind out every now and then and dance on it. It is getting all caked up.
We take a natural interest in novelties, but it is against nature to take an interest in familiar things.
I believe I have no prejudices whatsoever. All I need to know is that a man is a member of the human race. That's bad enough for me.
I've seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true.