In this world there is always danger for those who are afraid of it.
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that’s the essence of inhumanity.
The most tragic thing in the world is a man of genius who is not also a man of honor.
What is life but a series of inspired follies? The difficulty is to find them to do. Never lose a chance: it doesn’t come every day.
Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.
When a thing is funny, search it for a hidden truth.
We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
Use your health, even to the point of wearing it out. That is what it is for. Spend all you have before you die; and do not outlive yourself.
Those who do not know how to live must make a merit of dying.
There is no love sincerer than the love of food.
The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.
The surest way to ruin a man who doesn’t know how to handle money is to give him some.
