Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.
Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.
A clear conscience is the sure sign of a bad memory.
When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this but we all have to do it.
Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.
Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.
How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it.
The universal brotherhood of man is our most precious possession.
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.