You can do anything in this world if you are prepared to take the consequences.

Our natural egoism leads us to judge people by their relations to ourselves. We want them to be certain things to us, and for us that is what they are; because the rest of them is no good to us, we ignore it.

To bear failure with courage is the best proof of character that anyone can give.

You must not pursue a success, but fly from it.

Make him laugh and he will think you a trivial fellow, but bore him in the right way and your reputation is assured.

In civilized communities men's idiosyncrasies are mitigated by the necessity of conforming to certain rules of behavior. Culture is a mask that hides their faces.

To write simply is as difficult as to be good.