The art of living consists in knowing which impulses to obey and which must be made to obey.

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

The best combination of parents consists of a father who is gentle beneath his firmness, and a mother who is firm beneath her gentleness.

You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a realist he is preparing to do something that he is secretly ashamed of doing.

The severest test of character is not so much the ability to keep a secret as it is, when the secret is finally out, to refrain from disclosing that you knew it all along.

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

A famously wise old man in a village was once asked how he came by his wisdom. "I got it from my good judgment," he answered. And where did his good judgment come from? "I got it from my bad judgment."