One of the greatest hindrances to happiness in the present day is our tendency to standardize our conception of it.
It is in bed that we learn to bear the inevitable. We are learning this all the time while we lie with our face.
An author who enjoys writing may sometimes please other people by accident, but he can never pass on to any one else.
Results have nothing at all whatever to do with the private fun of being an author. There lies the answer.
Though money is a fine servant, as a god, it does seem to develop all the evil qualities of the slave seated.
There is no doubt that the garrulous bore is the most maddening creature to be shut up with for any length of time.
I suppose there is hardly any one in the civilized world - particularly of those who do just a little more every day.
We condone the most bitter and vindictive intolerance from a desire to appear tolerant, and run to prove.
This is the difference between depression and sorrow - sorrowful, you are in great trouble because something matters...
True depression is a terribly real thing. Some of the noblest men and women in the world have been prone to it...
The right sort of gossip is a charming and stimulating thing. The Odyssey itself is simply glorious gossip...
Though the worship of riches is an old religion, there has never been a danger that it might become the sole religion.
You may call a person vain, and they will smile; you may call them immoral, and they may even feel flattered.
I know what kind of people would have the hottest corner in my conception of hell. It would be those who have helped...
There is such a mistaken notion abroad in this country that the individual who makes sharp remarks must be sincere.
