We have to call it "freedom": who'd want to die for "a lesser tyranny"
The know-nothings are, unfortunately, seldom the do-nothings.
The first-rate mind is always curious, compassionate, original, and pessimistic.
Failure can get to be a rather comfortable old friend.
Many beautiful women have been made happy by their own beauty, but no intelligent woman has ever been made happy by her own intelligence.
There are always a few people you do a lot for, and a few who do a lot for you, but they're not the same people.