There are times when I look over the various parts of my character with perplexity. I recognize that I am made up of several persons and that the person that at the moment has the upper hand will inevitably give place to another. But which is the real one? All of them or none?

We know our friends by their defects rather than by their merits.

Now the answer ... is plain, but it is so unpalatable that most men will not face it. There is no reason for life and life has no meaning.

Beauty is also a Gift of God, one of the most rare and precious, and we should be thankful if we are happy enough to possess it and thankful, if we are not, that others possess it for our pleasure.

There's nothing the world loves more than a ready-made description which they can hang on to a man, and so save themselves all trouble in future.

For the complete life, the perfect pattern includes old age as well as youth and maturity.

You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance.