Just because a man has died for it, does not make it true.
"I hope to-morrow will be a fine day, Lane." "It never is, sir." "Lane, you're a perfect pessimist." "I do my best to give satisfaction, sir."
Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.
Being natural is simply a pose, and the most irritating pose I know.
Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.
It is better to repent a sin than regret the loss of a pleasure.