It is so much easier to tell intimate things in the dark

One must choose between Obscurity with Efficiency, and Fame with its inevitable collateral of Bluff.

The world belongs to the Enthusiast who keeps cool.

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!

If fate means you to lose, give him a good fight anyhow.

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune