None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it.

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

An angry woman is vindictive beyond measure, and hesitates at nothing in her bitterness.

Every generous illusion of youth leaves a wrinkle as it departs. Experience is the successive disenchanting of the things of life; it is reason enriched with the heart's spoils.

Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it.

Envy, like flame, blackens that which is above it, and which it cannot reach.

It requires less character to discover the faults of others, than to tolerate them.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

Loud indignation against vice often stands for virtue in the eyes of bigots.

Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.

The happiness of the tender heart is increased by what it can take away from the wretchedness of others.

Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events.

Geologists are never at a loss for paperweights.

The truth--a hideous spectacle!

Writing is a concentrated form of thinking.

There are two infinities: God and stupidity.

Changing the way you dress can make it easier to make deeper changes in the structure of your personality.

Our whole being is nothing but a fight against the dark forces within ourselves.

Most of us are referees at heart; we like to call throws and errors on someone else.

Tomorrow morning the critic will be gone, but the writer will still be there facing the blank page. Nothing matters but that he keep working.

A scientist is a man who changes his beliefs according to reality; a theist is a man who changes reality to match his beliefs.