If I die prematurely at any rate I shall be saved from being bored to death by my own success.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world.

The seven deadly sins: Want of money, bad health, bad temper, chastity, family ties, knowing that you know things, and believing in the Christian religion.

My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.

Don't learn to do, but learn in doing.

The only living works are those which have drained much of the author's own life into them.

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.