It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of childbirth.

It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of childbirth.

Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.

I don't think of the past. The only thing that matters is the everlasting present.

You will find as you grow older that the first thing needful to make the world a tolerable place to live in is to recognize the inevitable selfishness of humanity. You demand unselfishness from others, which is a preposterous claim that they should sacrifice their desires to yours. Why should they? When you are reconciled to the fact that each is for himself in the world you will ask less from your fellows. They will not disappoint you, and you will look upon them more charitably. Men seek but one thing in life -- their pleasure.

Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.