Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

"If you create an act, you create a habit. If you create a habit, you create a character. If you create a character, you create a destiny."

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain.

"In literature, as in love, we are astonished at the choice made by other people."