Some of us cling to our curses if we haven't anything better to cling to!

When we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out.

Truth, though it has many disadvantages, is at least changeless. You can always find it where you left it.

When a reserved person once begins to talk, nothing can stop him; and he does not want to have to listen, until he has quite finished his unfamiliar exertion.

the unfortunate thing about worldliness is that its rewards are rather less than its appetites.

it is better in the long run to be cheated than to cheat. I have learned that there is no middle way.

Life was a series of messes, and one spent one's time cleaning them up; if one had any heart at all one also gave a part of one's time to cleaning up those of other people.