As we grow older, we should learn that these are two quite different things. Character is something you forge for yourself; temperament is something you are born with and can only slightly modify. Some people have easy temperaments and weak characters; others have difficult temperaments and strong characters. We are all prone to confuse the two in assessing people we associate with. Those with easy temperaments and weak characters are more likable than admirable; those with difficult temperaments and strong characters are more admirable than likable.

If a small thing has the power to make you angry, does that not indicate something about your size?

If the devil could be persuaded to write a bible, he would title it, "You Only Live Once."

Elitism is the slur directed at merit by mediocrity.

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable.

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

The commonest fallacy among women is that simply having children makes them a mother - which is as absurd as believing that having a piano makes one a musician.