What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? But the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot go far wrong.
There is a kinship, a kind of freemasonry, between all persons of intelligence, however antagonistic their moral outlook.
No one can expect a majority to be stirred by motives other than ignoble.
The business of life is to enjoy oneself; everything else is a mockery.
Why always "not yet"? Do flowers in spring say "not yet"?
The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.