A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not.

The fiend in his own shape is less hideous than when he rages in the breast of men.

Do anything, save to lie down and die!

The only sensible ends of literature are, first, the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and friends; and lastly, the solid cash.

Cannot you conceive that another man may wish well to the world and struggle for its good on some other plan than precisely that which you have laid down?

Nervous and excitable persons need to talk a great deal, by way of letting off their steam.