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.

Never mistake motion for progress.

One of life's most over-valued pleasures is sexual intercourse; of one of life's least appreciated pleasures in defecation.

To write without pay until somebody offers pay. If nobody offers pay within three years, the candidate may look upon this circumstance with the most implicit confidence as the sign that sawing wood is what he was intended for.

If you want love and abundance in your life, give it away.

And I urge upon you this - which I think is wisdom - if you find you can't make seventy by any but an uncomfortable road, don't you go.

The secret of making progress is to get started.