Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living.

Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.

That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.

All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.

Exceptional claims demand exceptional evidence.

It is not the length of life, but the depth.

Everything passes. Nobody gets anything for keeps. And that's how we've got to live.

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

To conceal anything from those to whom I am attached, is not in my nature. I can never close my lips where I have opened my heart.

Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead.

The first forty years of life give us the text; the next thirty supply the commentary on it.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion

Never, ever underestimate the power of 'Id Like that.

The gentleman understands rightousness, the petty man understands interest.

Life will not break your heart. It'll crush it.

Only he who accepts clashes and conflicts in life, loves life.