It is not best that we should all think alike; it is a difference of opinion that makes horse races.

What a wee little part of a person's life are his acts and his words! His real life is led in his head, and is known to none but himself.

It was in 1590--winter. Austria was far away from the world, and asleep; it was still the Middle Ages in Austria, and promised to remain so forever. Some even set it away back centuries upon centuries and said that by the mental and spiritual clock it was still the Age of Belief in Austria. But they meant it as a compliment, not a slur, and it was so taken, and we were all proud of it. I remember it well, although I was only a boy; and I remember, too, the pleasure it gave me.

If I had been helping the Almighty when he created man, I would have had him begin at the other end, and start human beings with old age. How much better to start old and have all the bitterness and blindness of age in the beginning!

The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation.

I find that the further I go back, the better things were, whether they happened or not.

Humor is man's greatest blessing.