People don't mind being mean; but they never want to be ridiculous.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

don't wait for the man standing in the snowto cut off his arm help him now

...[I]t behooves a man who wants to see wonders sometimes to go out of his way.

When we think of nonverbals, we think of how we judge others. … We tend to forget, though, the other audience that's influenced by our nonverbals: ourselves.

So there's much more to life than one's intelligence score. To be a decent human being. To have some character.

As young Americans, you have an important responsibility, which is to become good citizens.

Attacking a belief can be the first step toward embracing it.

E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop.

The range of debate between the dominant U.S. [political] parties tends to closely resemble the range of debate within the business class.

I am death, not taxes. I turn up only once.

Never shall a young man, Thrown into despair By those great honey-coloured Ramparts at your ear, Love you for yourself alone And not your yellow hair.