A friend is a gift you give yourself.

The less I understood of this farrago, the less I was in a position to judge of its importance.

All sorts of allowances are made for the illusions of youth, and none, or almost none for the disenchantment of age.

The San Francisco Stock Exchange was the place that continuously pumped up the savings of the lower classes into the pockets of the millionaires.

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both; and I believe they both get paid in the end; but the fools first.

The bold may not live long, but the timid never live at all.