Pin thy faith to no man's sleeve. Hast thou not two eyes of thy own?

One is weary of hearing about the omnipotence of money. I will say rather that, for a genuine man, it is not evil to be poor.

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt.

Every human being has a right to hear what other wise human beings have spoken to him. It is one of the Rights of Men; a very cruel injustice if you deny it to a man!

Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.

No good book or good thing of any kind shows it best face at first. No the most common quality of in a true work of art that has excellence and depth, is that at first sight it produces a certain disappointment.

It is not a lucky word, this name impossible; no good comes of those who have it so often in their mouths.