The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.
The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.
Most of our platitudes notwithstanding, self-deception remains the most difficult deception. The tricks that worked on others count for nothing in that very well-lit back alley where one keeps assignations with oneself: no winning smiles will do here, no prettily drawn list of good intentions.
A good book has no ending.
Life is not always what one wants it to be, but to make the best of it, as it is, is the only way of being happy.
What you are must always displease you, if you would attain to that which you are not.
I'm not going to limit myself just because some people won't accept the fact that I can do something else.
I am long on ideas, but short on time. I expect to live only about a hundred years.
There's small choice in rotten apples.
Some days the dragon wins.
My thoughts ran a wool-gathering.
There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
Strong men greet war, tempest, hard times. They wish, as Pindar said, to tread the floors of hell, with necessities as hard as iron.
A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.
Through zeal, knowledge is gotten; through lack of zeal, knowledge is lost.
The right to be a cussed fool Is safe from all devices human, It's common (ez a gin'I rule) To every critter born of woman.
If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.
Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
The opportunity is often lost by deliberating.
Learn to drink the cup of life as it comes.