A winner rebukes and forgives; a loser is too timid to rebuke and too petty to forgive.

Intolerance is the most socially acceptable form of egotism, for it permits us to assume superiority without personal boasting.

Somebody who never got over the embarrassing fact that he was born in bed with a lady.

Those who imagine that the world is against them have generally conspired to make it true.

Skepticism is not an end in itself; it is a tool for the discovery of truths.

People decline invitations when they are "indisposed" physically, and I wish they would do likewise when they feel indisposed emotionally. A person has no more right to attend a party with a head full of venom than with a throat full of virus.

It is not only useless, it is harmful, to believe in oneself until one truly knows oneself. And to know oneself means to accept our moments of insanity, of eccentricity, of childishness and blindness.