Moralists love to discourse on the hollowness of success; about the hollowness of failure they are silent.
The real secrets are not the ones I tell.
Insecurity is not just a state of mind.
Reading about ethics is about as likely to improve one's behavior as reading about sports is to make one into an athlete.
Reading a great book causes jolts and frights.
The vices of youth now exceed my powers, but not my fancy.